Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
27. Comp. Pro 13:14.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See the marginal reference and Pro 10:11 note.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Pro 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life.
The fountain of life
I. Something that needs replenishing. Life is a fire–it must be kept alight; a lamp–it needs oil; energy–it demands a nervous sustentation. So with spiritual life–it cannot continue without food.
II. Something to replenish mans life. The fear of the Lord. Here is rich provender called a fountain–continuous, inexhaustible, pure–the source, not the stream. How is it a fountain of life?
1. Because it enables us to assimilate Divine food.
2. Because it is the key which unlocks the tap. (Homilist.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 27. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life] mekor chaiyim, the vein of lives. Another allusion to the great aorta which carries the blood from the heart to all the extremities of the body. Of this phrase, and the tree of lives, Solomon is particularly fond. See on Pr 4:23; Pr 10:12.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
To preserve men from deadly and destructive courses.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
27. (Compare Pr13:14).
fear of the Lordor,”law of the wise,” is wisdom (Ps111:10).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The fear of the Lord [is] a fountain of life,…. Where the true fear of God is, there is a real principle of grace, which is “a well of living water, springing up unto everlasting life”, Joh 4:14; eternal life is connected with it; it makes meet for it, and issues in it: or the Lord, who is the object of fear, he is the fountain of life: as of natural, so of spiritual and eternal life; spiritual life springs from him, is supported and maintained by him, the consequence of which is life everlasting;
to depart from the snares of death; sins, transgressions, as Aben Ezra interprets it; these are the works of men’s hands, in which they are snared; these are the cords in which they are holden, and so die without instruction; the wages of them are death, even death eternal: likewise there are the snares of the world and of the devil, temptations to sin, with which being ensnared, lead to death; now the fear of the Lord is a means of delivering from and of avoiding those snares, and so of escaping death.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
27 The fear of Jahve is a fountain of life,
To escape the snares of death.
There springs up a life which makes him who carries in himself (cf. Joh 4:14, ) this welling life, penetrating and strong of will to escape the snares (write after the Masora defective) which death lays, and which bring to an end in death – a repetition of Pro 13:4 with changed subject.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(27) Fountain of life.Comp. Pro. 13:14 and Joh. 4:14.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
27. To depart from death That is, to cause to depart. It is the source of life and the cause of escape from death. Comp. Pro 10:11; Pro 13:14; Rev 21:6.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
v. 27. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,
Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Pro 14:27 The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Ver. 27. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life. ] So said to be, both for the constant faithfulness, as never failing, and for the gracious effects – viz., blessings of all sorts. (1). Temporal; Pro 22:4 riches, honour, life. (2). Spiritual; Mal 4:2 such shall “grow up as the calves of the stall,” fat and fair-liking. (3). Eternal; Psa 31:19 “O how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee”; “eye hath not seen,” &c. 1Co 2:9 It shall be always “well with them.” Ecc 8:12 And though many afflictions, &c., yet he that feareth God “shall come out of them all.” Ecc 7:18
To depart from the snares of death.
“Ne pecces, Deus ipse videt, tuus Angelus astat:
Accusat Satanas et lex, mens conscia culpae:
Mors incerta furit: cruciat te luridus Orcus:
Et manet aeternum tristi damnatio poena.”
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
depart from = avoid.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Pro 14:27
Pro 14:27
“The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.”
The snares of death are not merely the pitfalls and dangers of our present lives on earth; they include the unspeakable terrors of the “second death.” The only possible escape from that reward of the wicked which shall accompany the termination of human probation is revealed in the first clause. The only hope of rebellious humanity is in the “fear of Jehovah.” James Moffatt’s Translation of the Bible, 1929, indicated this by capitalizing the word Death. “Reverence for the Eternal is a fount of life; it shows how to avoid the nets of Death.
Pro 14:27. This verse and Pro 13:14 strongly resemble. Also compare it with Pro 14:16. One who fears Jehovah departs from evil that he may escape the snares of death (this verse), which characterizes him as wise (Pro 14:16). Instead of death he is drinking of the fountain of life. Because Adam and Eve sinned, they were banned from the tree of life, and they brought death upon themselves (Gen 2:17; Gen 3:22-24).
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
fear
(See Scofield “Psa 19:9”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
a fountain: Pro 13:14, Isa 33:6, Rev 21:6
to: Pro 2:10-18, Pro 22:5, Psa 18:5, Ecc 7:26
Reciprocal: 2Sa 22:6 – the snares Pro 3:7 – fear Pro 16:6 – by the Pro 16:22 – a wellspring Pro 19:23 – fear Jer 32:39 – they may Act 9:31 – and walking