Proverbs 14:27 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Revelation 21:6
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.
Proverbs 2:10-18
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; …
Isaiah 33:6
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
Psalms 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Topics

Ablution Afflictions and Adversities Blessing Conversion Creature Death Faith Fear

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, whatever…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 27)

27. (Compare Pr 13:14). fear of the Lord--or, “law of the wise,” is wisdom (Psa 111:10).