Proverbs 13:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person away from deathtraps.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life, so that he may turn aside from the ruin of death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.

Proverbs 13:14 Cross References

Psalm 116:3

The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me I found trouble and sorrow

Psalm 18:5

The cords of Sheol were round about me: The snares of death came on me.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 14:27

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

Proverbs 15:24

To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

Proverbs 16:17

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

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: But the correction of fools is their folly.

Proverbs 16:6

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

Proverbs 9:11

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

1 Samuel 25:33

and blessed be thy wisdom, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.