EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Proverbs 13:14
14The teaching of wise people is like a spring of water that gives life. It will keep you away from death's dangerous traps.
Proverbs 13:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- New International Version (NIV)The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.
Context of Proverbs 13:14
12When you do not receive the things that you hope for, it makes you sad. But when you receive what you have always wanted, you are very happy. 13If you do not accept good teaching, you will destroy yourself. If you accept good advice, it will help you to do well. The teaching of wise people is like a spring of water that gives life. It will keep you away from death's dangerous traps. 15People respect a person who has wise thoughts. But the way that wicked people live destroys them. 16Careful people need to understand what they are doing. But a fool quickly shows how foolish he is.
Read all of Proverbs 13Proverbs 13:14 word by word
תּוֹרַ֣ת חָ֭כָם מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 13:14
- Proverbs 9:11Wisdom will add more days and years to your life.
- Proverbs 10:11The teaching of righteous people gives life, like a spring of water. But the words of wicked people hide their anger.
- Proverbs 14:27If you respect and obey the Lord, that is like a spring of water that gives you life. It will keep you safe from death's traps.
- Proverbs 16:22Wisdom is like a spring of fresh water that gives life to those who have it. But the silly things that fools do brings them punishment.
- Proverbs 15:24A wise person walks on a path that leads him up to a long life. He keeps away from the path that would lead him down to death.
- Proverbs 16:6If you love the Lord faithfully, he will forgive your sins. If you respect and obey him, you will not do evil things.
- 2 Samuel 22:6Death was tying me up with ropes, to pull me into the deep hole of the grave.
- Psalms 18:5Death was tying me up with ropes, to pull me into the deep hole of the grave.
- Psalms 116:3The danger of death was very near to me. I became afraid of the deep hole of death. I was very sad and upset.
Commentaries on Proverbs 13:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The law of the wise is a fountain of life - Perhaps it would be better to translate, "The law is to the wise man a fountain of life." It is the same to him as the "vein of lives," חיים מקור mekor chaiyim, the great aorta which transmits the blood from the heart to every part of the body. There seems to be here an allusion to the garden of paradise, to the tree of lives, to the tempter, to the baleful issue of that temptation, and to the death entailed on…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14Verse 14 The rule by which the wise regulate their conduct, is a fountain yielding life and happiness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. (Compare Pr 10:11). fountain--or, "source of life." to depart--(compare Pr 1:2-4), or, "for departing," &c., and so gives life.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 13
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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