Proverbs 16:22
"Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly."
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- Proverbs 13:14
"The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death."
Read in chapter → - John 6:63
"It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 15:14
"Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
Read in chapter → - John 5:24
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 18:4
"The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 10:11
"The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 14:27
"The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 23:16
"Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:28
"The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things."
Read in chapter → - John 6:68
"Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life."
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