Bridges on Proverbs 14:27
 
 
Charles Bridges on Proverbs 14:27
 
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27.  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
 
How glowing is this Divine principle! refreshing like the springs of Canaan; full of life; temporal, spiritual, eternal. It is the influence of the heavenly Comforter, as a fountain “springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14.) Its preserving tendency is invaluable. It is always connected with the fear of sin (Chapter 3:7; 16:6), as grieving our most beloved friend, and separating from our only happiness; while it keeps us from the snares of death (Ecclesiastes 7:26), “the end and wages of sin.” (Romans 6:23.) How complete then is its application! Not only is it a refuge from danger, but a fountain of life. Not only does Christian confidence open a cover from the guilt, but its holy influence roots out the power, of sin. For among the countless throng of the redeemed not one finds a cover from condemnation, who is not renovated unto spiritual life. Thus does this invaluable grace flow with the full streams of gospel blessing. How much of that worldliness that soils our profession, and of the restraint that contracts our spiritual joy, may be traced to the sparing or defective application of this Christian principle!
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Footnote:
Deuteronomy 8:7. Joshua 15:19.
 

 
Deuteronomy 8:7
7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
 
Joshua 15:19
19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
 
 
Footnote:
Chapter 22:4.
 

 
Proverbs 22:4
4 ¶ By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. {By...: or, The reward of humility, etc}
 
 
Footnote:
Chapter 10:27.
 

 
Proverbs 10:27
27 ¶ The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. {prolongeth: Heb. addeth}
 
 
Footnote:
Chapter 19:23. Malachi 4:2.
 

 
Proverbs 19:23
23 ¶ The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
 
Malachi 4:2
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
 
 
Footnote:
Psalm 103:17.
 

 
Psalm 103:17
17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
 
 
John 4:14
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
 
 
Proverbs 3:7
7 ¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
 
Proverbs 16:6
6 ¶ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
 
 
Ecclesiastes 7:26
26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}
 
 
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.