Proverbes 14:27

27 La crainte de l'Éternel est une source de vie, pour détourner des pièges de la mort.

Proverbes 14:27 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 14:27

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", ( John 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.

Proverbes 14:27 In-Context

25 Le témoin fidèle délivre les âmes; mais celui qui prononce des mensonges, n'est que tromperie.

26 Il y a une ferme assurance dans la crainte de l'Éternel; et il y aura une sûre retraite pour les enfants de celui qui le craint.

27 La crainte de l'Éternel est une source de vie, pour détourner des pièges de la mort.

28 Dans la multitude du peuple est la gloire d'un roi; mais quand le peuple manque, c'est la ruine du prince.

29 Celui qui est lent à la colère est d'un grand sens; mais celui qui est prompt à se courroucer, étale sa folie.