Proverbs 14:27 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁷ The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ 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)

²⁷ The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

Common English Bible

²⁷ The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people away from deathtraps.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ 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

²⁷ The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death.

Proverbs 14:27 Cross References

Psalm 18:5

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

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Proverbs 13:14

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

Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

and I find more bitter than death 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.

Isaiah 33:6

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

Revelation 21:6

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Ome´ga, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.