God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 14:27
27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life to turn ⌞one⌟ away from the grasp of death.
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
25An honest witness saves lives, but one who tells lies is dangerous. 26In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and his children will have a place of refuge. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life to turn ⌞one⌟ away from the grasp of death. 28A large population is an honor for a king, but without people a ruler is ruined. 29A person of great understanding is patient, but a short temper is the height of stupidity.
Read all of Proverbs 14Proverbs 14:27 word by word
יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 14:27
- Proverbs 13:14The teachings of a wise person are a fountain of life to turn ⌞one⌟ away from the grasp of death.
- Isaiah 53:6We have all strayed like sheep. Each one of us has turned to go his own way, and the Lord has laid all our sins on him.
- Revelation 21:6He said to me, “It has happened! I am the A and the Z, the beginning and the end. I will give a drink from the fountain filled with the water of life to anyone who is thirsty. It won’t cost anything.
- Proverbs 2:10Wisdom will come into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
- Proverbs 22:5A devious person has thorns and traps ahead of him. Whoever guards himself will stay far away from them.
- Psalms 18:5The ropes of the grave had surrounded me. The clutches of death had confronted me.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26I find that a woman whose thoughts are ⌞like⌟ traps and snares is more bitter than death itself. Even her hands are ⌞like⌟ chains. Whoever pleases God will escape her, but she will catch whoever continues to sin.
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
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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
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