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Eve of Pentacost
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Proverbs 13:14
The teaching of the wise is a source of life; their words will save you from deadly traps.
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Christian Standard Bible®
A wise person’s instruction is a fountain of life,turning people away from the snares of death.
A wise person’s instruction is a fountain of life,turning people away from the snares of death.
Hebrew Names Version
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, To turn from the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, To turn from the snares of death.
King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
English Standard Version
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
New American Standard Bible
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from the snares of death.
New Century Version
The teaching of a wise person gives life. It is like a fountain that can save people from death.
The teaching of a wise person gives life. It is like a fountain that can save people from death.
New English Translation
Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.
Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.
Amplified Bible
The teaching of the wise is a fountain and source of life, So that one may avoid the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain and source of life, So that one may avoid the snares of death.
World English Bible
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, To turn from the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, To turn from the snares of death.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The instruction of a wise man is as the welspring of life, to turne away from the snares of death.
The instruction of a wise man is as the welspring of life, to turne away from the snares of death.
Legacy Standard Bible
The instruction of the wise is a fountain of life,To turn aside from the snares of death.
The instruction of the wise is a fountain of life,To turn aside from the snares of death.
Berean Standard Bible
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
Contemporary English Version
Sensible instruction is a life-giving fountain that helps you escape all deadly traps.
Sensible instruction is a life-giving fountain that helps you escape all deadly traps.
Complete Jewish Bible
The teaching of a wise man is a fountain of life, enabling one to avoid deadly traps.
The teaching of a wise man is a fountain of life, enabling one to avoid deadly traps.
Darby Translation
The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
George Lamsa Translation
The law of the wise is a fountain of life to those who depart from the snares of death.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life to those who depart from the snares of death.
Good News Translation
The teachings of the wise are a fountain of life; they will help you escape when your life is in danger.
The teachings of the wise are a fountain of life; they will help you escape when your life is in danger.
Lexham English Bible
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, in order to avoid the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, in order to avoid the snares of death.
Literal Translation
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The lawe is a wel of life vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe him from the snares of death.
The lawe is a wel of life vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe him from the snares of death.
American Standard Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
Bible in Basic English
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
King James Version (1611)
The lawe of the wise is a fountaine of life, to depart from the snares of death.
The lawe of the wise is a fountaine of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The lawe of the wise is a well of life, to auoyde from the snares of death.
The lawe of the wise is a well of life, to auoyde from the snares of death.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The law of the wise is fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.
The law of the wise is fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.
English Revised Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The lawe of a wise man is a welle of lijf; that he bowe awei fro the falling of deth.
The lawe of a wise man is a welle of lijf; that he bowe awei fro the falling of deth.
Update Bible Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death.
Webster's Bible Translation
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
New King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.
New Living Translation
The instruction of the wise is like a life-giving fountain; those who accept it avoid the snares of death.
The instruction of the wise is like a life-giving fountain; those who accept it avoid the snares of death.
New Life Bible
The teaching of the wise is a well of life, to save one from the nets of death.
The teaching of the wise is a well of life, to save one from the nets of death.
New Revised Standard
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the instruction of the wise, is a well-spring of life, by departing from the snares of death.
the instruction of the wise, is a well-spring of life, by departing from the snares of death.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.
Revised Standard Version
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.
Young's Literal Translation
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
THE MESSAGE
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so, no more drinking from death-tainted wells!
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so, no more drinking from death-tainted wells!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from the snares of death.
Contextual Overview
14 The teaching of the wise is a source of life; their words will save you from deadly traps.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
law: Proverbs 9:11, Proverbs 10:11, Proverbs 14:27, Proverbs 16:22
to: Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 16:17, 2 Samuel 22:6, 2 Samuel 22:7, Psalms 18:5, Psalms 116:3
Reciprocal: Job 28:28 - to depart Psalms 34:14 - Depart Psalms 141:9 - from the snares Proverbs 18:4 - words
Cross-References
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked and saw the whole Jordan Valley. He saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord 's Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)
Lot looked and saw the whole Jordan Valley. He saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord 's Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)
Genesis 28:14
You will have as many descendants as there are particles of dust on the earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.
You will have as many descendants as there are particles of dust on the earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.
Deuteronomy 3:27
Go up to the top of Mount Pisgah. Look to the west, to the north, to the south, and to the east. You may see these things with your eyes, but you can never go across the Jordan River.
Go up to the top of Mount Pisgah. Look to the west, to the north, to the south, and to the east. You may see these things with your eyes, but you can never go across the Jordan River.
Isaiah 49:18
Look up! Look all around you! All of your children are gathering together and coming to you." The Lord says, "On my life, I promise you this: Your children will be like jewels that you tie around your neck. Your children will be like the necklace that a bride wears.
Look up! Look all around you! All of your children are gathering together and coming to you." The Lord says, "On my life, I promise you this: Your children will be like jewels that you tie around your neck. Your children will be like the necklace that a bride wears.
Isaiah 60:4
Look around you! See all the people gathering around. Those are your sons coming from far away, and your daughters are there beside them.
Look around you! See all the people gathering around. Those are your sons coming from far away, and your daughters are there beside them.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life,.... Or "doctrine" n; the doctrine of those who are taught by the word, and are wise unto salvation; the words or doctrines of the wise, which are given forth by one Shepherd; the instructions of such who are like Scribes, well instructed themselves unto the kingdom of heaven: these are as a fountain of living water; which are the means of quickening dead sinners, and of reviving and refreshing the souls of weary saints; and bring life and immortality to light, and point and lead to eternal life: and so direct souls
to depart from the snares of death; the snares of sin, Satan, and the world, to shun and avoid them; with which men being entangled, are brought to destruction and death.
n ת×רת "doctrina", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schultens.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 13:14. The law of the wise is a fountain of life — Perhaps it would be better to translate, "The law is to the wise man a fountain of life." It is the same to him as the "vein of lives," ×ק×ר ×××× mekor chaiyim, the great aorta which transmits the blood from the heart to every part of the body. There seems to be here an allusion to the garden of paradise, to the tree of lives, to the tempter, to the baleful issue of that temptation, and to the death entailed on man by his unwisely breaking the law of his God.
