Proverbs 13:14 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 13. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 13:14

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 13:14: By the law of the wise and righteous, here, we may understand either the principles and rules by which they govern themselves or (which comes all to one) the instructions which they give to others, which ought to be as a law to all about them; and if they be so, 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 13:14: The law of the wise is a fountain of life,.... Or "doctrine" (n); the doctrine of those who are taught by the word, and are wise unto salvation; the words or doctrines of the wise, which are given forth by one Shepherd; the instructions of such who are like Scribes, well instructed themselves unto the kingdom of heaven: these are as a fountain of living...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 13:14: (Compare Pro 10:11). fountain--or, "source of life." to depart--(compare Pro 1:2-4), or, "for departing," &c., and so gives life.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 13:14: Pro 13:14 14 The doctrine of the wise man is a fountain of life, To escape the snares of death. An integral distich, vid., p. 8 of the Introduction. Essentially like 14a, Pro 10:11 says, “a fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous.” The figure of the fountain of life with the teleological 'לסור וגו (the ל of the end and consequence of...