Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
What the wise have to teach is a fountain of life and causes someone to avoid 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.
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 King James verseion
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from 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 Anyone who despises a word of advice will pay for it, but whoever heeds a command will be rewarded. 14 What the wise have to teach is a fountain of life and causes someone to avoid the snares of death. 15 Good understanding produces grace, but the lifestyle of the treacherous never changes.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:11
What the righteous say is a flowing fountain, but what the wicked say conceals violence.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, enabling anyone to escape the snares of death.
Psalm 18:5
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
2 Samuel 22:6-7
Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered me.
Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.
Proverbs 9:11
For because of me you will live a long life, and years will be added to your life.
Proverbs 15:24
The way of life leads upward for the wise so he may avoid Sheol below.
Proverbs 16:6
Iniquity is atoned for by gracious love and truth, and through fear of the LORD people turn from evil.
Proverbs 16:17
The road of the upright circumvents evil, and whoever watches how he lives preserves his life.
Proverbs 16:22
Anyone who has understanding is a fountain of life, but foolishness brings punishment to fools.