Proverbs 13 · Verse 14

Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 13:14, King James Version

Proverbs 13:14 in other translations

BSBThe teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
WEBThe teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
ASVThe law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
YLTThe law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
DARBYThe teaching of the wise man is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
BBEThe teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.
WebsterThe law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

What does Proverbs 13:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. (Compare Pr 10:11). fountain--or, "source of life." to depart--(compare Pr 1:2-4), or, "for departing," &c., and so gives life.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 The 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," מקור חיים 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 man by his unwisely breaking the law of his God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
The rule by which the wise regulate their conduct, is a fountain yielding life and happiness.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 13:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תּוֹרַ֣תto.Rat[the] instruction ofH8451
חָ֭כָםCha.khoma wise [person]H2450
מְק֣וֹרme.Kor[is] a fountain ofH4726
חַיִּ֑יםchai.YimlifeH2416
לָ֝ס֗וּרla.Surto turn asideH5493
מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁיmi.Mo.ke.sheifrom [the] snares ofH4170
מָֽוֶת\׃Ma.vetdeathH4194

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 13:14

  • Proverbs 14:27

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

  • Proverbs 10:11

    The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Psalms 18:5

    The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

  • 2 Samuel 22:6-7

    The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

  • Psalms 116:3

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • Proverbs 16:17

    The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Proverbs 16:6

    By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

  • Proverbs 15:24

    The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Proverbs 16:22

    Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Proverbs 9:11

    For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
law.
9:11; 10:11; 14:27; 16:22
to.
15:24; 16:6,17; 2Sa 22:6,7; Ps 18:5; 116:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 13:13

    Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

  • Proverbs 13:14

    The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  • Proverbs 13:15

    Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

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Proverbs 13:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La ley del sabio es manantial de vida, para apartarse de los lazos de la muerte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’enseignement du sage est une fontaine de vie, pour faire éviter les pièges de la mort.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Belehrung des Weisen ist ein Born des Lebens, um zu entgehen den Fallstricken des Todes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Lex sapientis fons vitæ, ut declinet a ruina mortis.