Proverbs 13:14
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
מָקוֹר
mâqôwr
properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); f...
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
פַּח
pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
פַּח pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Study H6341 →מָקוֹר mâqôwr
properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)
Study H4726 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →Cross References
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
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