New English Translation
Proverbs 14:27
27The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.
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 truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception. 26In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children. The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares. 28A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler. 29The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
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יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 14:27
- Proverbs 13:14Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.
- Isaiah 53:6All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
- Revelation 21:6He also said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water free of charge from the spring of the water of life.
- Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.
- Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.
- Psalms 18:5The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured 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
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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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