22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
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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.
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22)Note, 1. There is always some good to be gotten by a wise and good man: His understanding is a well-spring of life to him , which always flows and can never be drawn dry; he has something to say upon all occasions that is instructive, and of use to those that will make use of it, things new and old to bring out of his treasure; at least, his understanding is a spring of life to himself, yielding h…
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