Proverbs 14:27

Proverbs 14:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
• New International Version (NIV)The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.

Context of Proverbs 14:27

25A true witness delivereth souls; but deceit uttereth lies. 26In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge. The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death. 28In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince. 29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Proverbs 14:27 word by word

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear

• fearיִרְאָהyir'âh · fearH3374
• fountainמָקוֹרmâqôr mâqôr · fountainH4726
• lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• turnסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• snaresמוֹקֵשׁmôqêsh môqêsh · snareH4170
• deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for Proverbs 14:27

• Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
• Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all.
• Revelation 21:6And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts of the fountain of the water of life freely.
• Proverbs 2:10When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,
• Proverbs 22:5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
• Psalms 18:5The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.
• Ecclesiastes 7:26and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.

Commentaries on Proverbs 14:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life - חיים מקור mekor chaiyim, the vein of lives. Another allusion to the great aorta which carries the blood from the heart to all the extremities of the body. Of this phrase, and the tree of lives, Solomon is particularly fond. See on Proverbs 4:23; (note); Proverbs 10:12; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27See the marginal reference and Proverbs 10:11 note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-27Verses 26-27 Those who fear the Lord so as to obey and serve him, have a strong ground of confidence, and will be preserved. Let us seek to this Fountain of life, that we may escape the snares of death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. (Compare Pr 13:14). fear of the Lord--or, "law of the wise," is wisdom (Psa 111:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 14:27

• Fear of God
• Regeneration
• Temptation

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Commentaries on Proverbs 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings