Proverbs 14:27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.

Cross References

Psalm 18:5

the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.

Proverbs 13:14

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

Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and one’s children will have a refuge.

Proverbs 14:28

The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; the cautious will keep far from them.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I found more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, whose heart is nets, whose hands are fetters; one who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

Isaiah 33:6

he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.

Revelation 21:6

Then he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.