The teachingof the wiseis a fountainof life,To turnasidefrom the snaresof death.
The cordsof deathencompassedme And the terrorsof Sheolcameupon me; I founddistressand sorrow.
The cordsof Sheolsurroundedme; The snaresof deathconfrontedme.
The mouthof the righteousis a fountainof life,But the mouthof the wickedconcealsviolence.
The fearof the LORDis a fountainof life,That one may avoidthe snaresof death.
The pathof life[leads] upwardfor the wiseThat he may keepawayfrom Sheolbelow.
The highwayof the uprightis to departfrom evil;He who watcheshis waypreserveshis life.
Understandingis a fountainof lifeto one whohasit, But the disciplineof foolsis folly.
By lovingkindnessand truthiniquityis atonedfor, And by the fearof the LORDone keepsawayfrom evil.
For by me your dayswill be multiplied,And yearsof lifewill be addedto you.
and blessedbe your discernment,and blessedbe you, whohave keptme thisdayfrom bloodshedand from avengingmyself by my own hand.
