Proverbs 13:14
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
BSB
ASV
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
KJV
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 - 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,” מקור חיים mekor chaiyim, the great aorta which transmits the blood from the heart to every part of the body.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
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Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
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Proverbs 14:27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
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And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
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Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
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The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.