Proverbs 13:14

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

12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life. 13Whoever despises instruction will pay a penalty, but whoever respects a mitzvah will be rewarded. Wise instruction is a fountain of life, turning one away from snares of death. 15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard. 16Everyone shrewd acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts folly.

Proverbs 13:14 word by word

תּוֹרַ֣ת חָ֭כָם מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• of the wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450
• a fountainמָקוֹרmâqôr mâqôr · fountainH4726
• of lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• to departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• from the snaresמוֹקֵשׁmôqêsh môqêsh · snareH4170
• of deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for Proverbs 13:14

• Proverbs 9:11For through me your days will be many and years will be added to your life.
• Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
• Proverbs 14:27The fear of Adonai is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
• Proverbs 16:22Insight is a fountain of life to one who has it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
• Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going down to Sheol.
• Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth is iniquity atoned, and by the fear of Adonai one avoids evil.
• 2 Samuel 22:6Cords of death entangled me. Snares of death came before me.
• Psalms 18:5Cords of death entangled me. Torrents of Belial overwhelmed me.
• Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me, and the torments of Sheol found me. I found trouble and sorrow.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 13:14

• Temptation
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Accomplish
• Advised
• Companion
• Defer
• Folly
• Gin
• Hate
• Poetry
• Transgressor
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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