Proverbs 14:27 “The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the sna…”

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

World English Bible

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

American Standard Version

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

Geneva Bible 1599

The feare of the Lord is as a welspring of life, to auoyde the snares of death.

Darby Translation

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

Young's Literal Translation

The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

Bible in Basic English

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

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Cross references

“a fountain”

Proverbs 13:14 Revelation 21:6 Isaiah 33:6

Proverbs 13:14 · BSB

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

Revelation 21:6 · BSB

And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

Isaiah 33:6 · BSB

He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

“to”

Proverbs 2:10–18 Proverbs 22:5 Psalm 18:5 Ecclesiastes 7:26

Proverbs 2:10–18 · BSB

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

Proverbs 22:5 · BSB

Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

Psalm 18:5 · BSB

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 · BSB

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

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