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Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

KJV

Lex sapientis fons vitæ, ut declinet a ruina mortis.

Vulgate

νόμος σοφοῦ πηγὴ ζωῆς, ὁ δὲ ἄνους ὑπὸ παγίδος θανεῖται.

LXX

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

ASV

תּוֹרַ֣ת חָ֭כָם מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝/ס֗וּר מִ/מֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 157×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
י
y
noun · 221×
מְק֣וֹר
mqvr
noun · 17×
מוֹקֵֽשׁ
mvqsh
noun · 27×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 22:6 — The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
  • Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
  • Prov 10:11 — The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 10:11 — The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 14:27 — The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
  • Prov 14:27 — The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
  • Prov 16:17 — The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
  • Prov 16:22 — Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
  • Prov 18:4 — The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
  • Ps 18:5 — The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
  • Ps 34:14 — Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
  • Ps 116:3 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 141:9 — Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.