14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.


In Context

11 Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

12 Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life is the coming desire.

13 Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.

14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

15 Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard.

16 Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

Proverbs 13:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:14The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:14The teaching of the wise man is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.