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27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:27

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Matthew Henry

(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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