Proverbs 13:14

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12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But ^awhen the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

13 He who ^adespises the word will be destroyed,
But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

14 ^aThe law of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn one away from ^bthe snares of death.

15 Good understanding¹ gains ^afavor,
But the way of the unfaithful is hard.

16 ^aEvery prudent man acts with knowledge,
But a fool lays open his folly.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise is a fountain of life - Perhaps it would be better to translate, "The law is to the wise man a fountain of life." It is the same to him as the "vein of lives," mekor chaiyim , the great aorta which transmits the blood from the heart to every part of the body. There seems to be here an allusion to the garden of paradise, to the tree of lives, to the tempter, to the baleful issue of that temptation, and to the death entailed on man by his unwisely breaking the law of his God.

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