THEOSISProverbs 13:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.
תּוֹרַ֣ת חָ֭כָם מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 18 (17):5
- Prov 10:11The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
- Prov 14:27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death.
- Prov 16:17The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.
- 2 Sam 22:6The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.
- 2 Sam 22:7In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.
- Ps 116 (114/115):3
- Prov 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed; and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.