Proverbs 14:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death. [John 4:10, 14.] American Standard Version (1901) The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death. Common English Bible The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people away from deathtraps. Catholic Public Domain Version The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, so as to turn aside from the ruin of death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death. |
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death.
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: And his children shall have a place of refuge.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory: But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: And he that hath it shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
And I find a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.