27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
And 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.
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; …
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-27)In these two verses we are invited and encouraged to live in the fear of God by the advantages which attend a religious life. The fear of the Lord is here put for all gracious principles, producing gracious practices. 1. Where this reigns it produces a holy security and serenity of mind. There is in it a strong confidence ; it enables a man still to hold fast both his purity and his peace, whateve…
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