¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

⁵ The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

²⁷ The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

³ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

⁶ The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

⁷ In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

²² Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

⁶ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

²⁴ The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.