Proverbs 13:14 meaning and explanation

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

Proverbs 13:14, Berean Standard Bible

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Proverbs 13:14 belongs to a collection of Solomon's sayings in which a wise father instructs a son, contrasting the path of wisdom with the path of folly. Here "teaching" translates the Hebrew torah, which means instruction or direction rather than only law.

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