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 truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is treacherous. 26In the fear of Adonai one has strong confidence. It will be a refuge for His children. The fear of Adonai is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death. 28A large population is a king’s glory, but lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin. 29One who is slow to anger shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one exalts folly.

Proverbs 14:27 word by word

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The fearיִרְאָהyir'âh · fearH3374
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• 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 14:27

• Proverbs 13:14Wise instruction is a fountain of life, turning one away from snares of death.
• Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray. Each of us turned to his own way. So Adonai has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
• Revelation 21:6Then He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will freely give from the spring of the water of life.
• Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
• Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but one who guards his soul stays far from them.
• Psalms 18:5Cords of death entangled me. Torrents of Belial overwhelmed me.
• Ecclesiastes 7:26I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap, and whose hands are chains. He who pleases God will escape her, but a sinner will be 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

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