14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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