Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In Context
13Whoso despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
15Good understanding gives favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 15:24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way perserves his soul.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:14
13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. Here is, 1. The character of one that is marked for ruin: He that despises the word of God, and has no regard to it, no veneration for it, nor will be ruled by it, certainly he shall be destroyed, for he slights that which is the only means of curing a destructive disease and makes himself obnoxious to that divine wrath which will certainly be his destruction. Those that prefer the rules of carnal policy before… Read the whole commentary →