Proverbs 13:14

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

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The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of She'ol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

The cords of She'ol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to She'ol.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.