Proverbs 14:27
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The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death.

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

Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Revelation 21:6 And he said to me: It is done. I am Alpha and Omega: the Beginning and the End. To him that thirsteth, I will give of the fountain of the water of life, freely.

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Proverbs 2:10-18 Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, . . .

Proverbs 22:5 Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them.

Psalm 18:5 The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Context
The Wise Woman
26In the fear of the Lord is confidence of strength, and there shall be hope for his children. 27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death.28In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of the people the dishonour of the prince.…
Cross References
Proverbs 10:27
The expectation of the just is joy: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

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

Proverbs 14:26
In the fear of the Lord is confidence of strength, and there shall be hope for his children.

Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of the people the dishonour of the prince.

Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in the fulness without being visited with evil.

Lexicon
The fear
יִרְאַ֣ת (yir·’aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3374: Fear, reverence

of the LORD
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is a fountain
מְק֣וֹר (mə·qō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4726: Something dug, a, source, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)

of life,
חַיִּ֑ים (ḥay·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

turning [a man]
לָ֝ס֗וּר (lā·sūr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

from the snares
מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי (mim·mō·qə·šê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4170: A bait or lure, a snare

of death.
מָֽוֶת׃ (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin


Additional Translations
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes men to turn aside from the snare of death.

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
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