The Meaning of Proverbs 13:14 Explained

Proverbs 13:14

KJV: The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

YLT: The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

Darby: The teaching of the wise man is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

ASV: The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The law  of the wise  [is] a fountain  of life,  to depart  from the snares  of death. 

What does Proverbs 13:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 13

1  a scoffer does not listen to rebuke

What do the individual words in Proverbs 13:14 mean?

The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life to turn [one] away from the snares of death
תּוֹרַ֣ת חָ֭כָם מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת

תּוֹרַ֣ת  The  law 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּורָה  
Sense: law, direction, instruction.
חָ֭כָם  of  the  wise 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חָכָם  
Sense: wise, wise (man).
מְק֣וֹר  [is]  a  fountain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָקֹור  
Sense: spring, fountain.
חַיִּ֑ים  of  life 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
לָ֝ס֗וּר  to  turn  [one]  away 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי  from  the  snares 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מֹוקֵשׁ  
Sense: bait, lure, snare.
מָֽוֶת  of  death 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.