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New Living Translation

Proverbs 13:14

The instruction of the wise is like a life-giving fountain; those who accept it avoid the snares of death.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Temptation;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fountain of Life;   The Topic Concordance - Law;   Life;   Living Waters;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fountains and Springs;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gin;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Fountain;   Proverbs, Book of;   Torah;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fountain;   Snare;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Death;   Fountain;   Snare;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Wisdom;  

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may avoid 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.
New English Translation
Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.
Webster's Bible Translation
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
World English Bible
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, To turn from the snares of death.
Amplified Bible
The teaching of the wise is a fountain and source of life, So that one may avoid 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The lawe of a wise man is a welle of lijf; that he bowe awei fro the falling of deth.
English Revised Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart 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.
Contemporary English Version
Sensible instruction is a life-giving fountain that helps you escape all deadly traps.
American Standard Version
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
The teaching of the wise is a source of life; their words will save you from deadly traps.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
New Life Bible
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The instruction of a wise man is as the welspring of life, to turne 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.
Good News Translation
The teachings of the wise are a fountain of life; they will help you escape when your life is in danger.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid 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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The law of the wise is fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.
Christian Standard Bible®
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.
King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Lexham English Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from 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 MESSAGE
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so, no more drinking from death-tainted wells!
New American Standard Bible
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside 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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside 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.

Contextual Overview

14 The instruction of the wise is like a life-giving fountain; those who accept it avoid the snares of death.

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 took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 28:14
Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
Deuteronomy 3:27
But go up to Pisgah Peak, and look over the land in every direction. Take a good look, but you may not cross the Jordan River.
Isaiah 49:18
Look around you and see, for all your children will come back to you. As surely as I live," says the Lord , "they will be like jewels or bridal ornaments for you to display.
Isaiah 60:4
"Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home.

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 תורת "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," מקור חיים 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.


 
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