In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.
In these two verses we are invited and encouraged to live in the fear of God by the advantages which attend a religious life. The fear of the Lord is here put for all gracious principles, producing gracious practices. 1. Where this reigns it produces a holy security and serenity of mind.
Commenting on Proverbs 14:26-27
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence,.... Such who fear the Lord may be confident that he has a love to them, a delight in them; that his eye is upon them, and his heart towards them; and will communicate every needful good to them, and protect and defend them: or the Lord himself that is feared, who is the object of fear...
The blessings of piety descend to children (Pro 13:22; Pro 20:7; Exo 20:6).