Proverbs 14:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 cords of Sheol were round about me: The snares of death came on 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 glory: 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 keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

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.

Isaiah 33:6

And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

Revelation 21:6

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.