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14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 13:14

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 14)

By the law of the wise and righteous, here, we may understand either the principles and rules by which they govern themselves or (which comes all to one) the instructions which they give to others, which ought to be as a law to all about them; and if they be so, 1. They will be constant springs of comfort and satisfaction, as a fountain of life , sending forth streams of living water; the closer w...

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