Proverbs 14:27
Bible › Proverbs › Chapter 14 › Verse 27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
In other translations
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
- Revelation 21:6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- Proverbs 2:10-1810 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. 11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, 12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity, 13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
- Psalm 18:5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- Isaiah 33:6And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
- Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.