Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
New American Standard Bible
To turn aside from the
King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Holman Bible
turning people away from the snares of death.
International Standard Version
What the wise have to teach is a fountain of life and causes someone to avoid the snares of death.
A Conservative Version
The law of a wise man is a fountain of life, to depart 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.
Amplified
The teaching of the wise is a fountain and source of life,
So that one may avoid 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.
Darby Translation
The teaching of the wise man is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
Julia Smith Translation
The law of the wise one a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
King James 2000
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The teaching of the wise [is] a fountain of life, [in order] to avoid the snares of death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The law is a well of life unto the wise; that it may keep him from the snares of death.
NET Bible
Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.
New Heart English Bible
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
The Emphasized Bible
the instruction of the wise, is a well-spring of life, by departing from the snares of death.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
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Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 13:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wise Son Lives Righteously
13 Whoever despises the Word shall be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded. 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. 15 Good understanding gives favor, but the way of traitors is ever flowing.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous one is a well of life; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life to turn aside from the snares of death.
Psalm 18:5
The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
2 Samuel 22:6-7
The sorrows of hell hemmed me in. The snares of death went in front of me.
Psalm 116:3
The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the pains of hell took hold on me; I found trouble and sorrow.
Proverbs 9:11
For by Me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
Proverbs 15:24
The way of life is above to the wise, so that he may turn away from hell below.
Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth, iniquity is purged, and by the fear of Jehovah men turn away from evil.
Proverbs 16:17
The way of the upright is to turn away from evil; he who keeps his way guards his way.
Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.