Proverbs 13:14 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁴ The Torah of the wise is a fountain of life, Turning one away 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.

Proverbs 13:14 Cross References

Psalm 116:3

The cords of death were around me, And the pains of the grave came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.

Psalm 18:5

The cords of the grave were all around me; The snares of death were before me.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wrong.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of יהוה  is a fountain of life, To turn away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life is upward for the wise, To turn away from the grave below.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the straight Is to turn away from evil; He who guards his life watches over His way.

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a fountain of life to him who has it, But the disciplining of fools is folly.

Proverbs 16:6

By kindness and truth crookedness is pardoned. And in the fear of יהוה  one turns away from evil.

Proverbs 9:11

For by me your days become many, And years of life are added to you.

1 Samuel 25:33

“And blessed is your good taste, and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.