In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
What does Proverbs 14:26 mean?
Those who fear the Lord so as to obey and serve him, have a strong ground of confidence, and will be preserved. Let us seek to this Fountain of life, that we may escape the snares of death.
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Keep this verse inside Proverbs 14:26-27 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Proverbs 14:26
His children - Probably, the children whom the Lord adopts, and who are true to their adoption.
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Context in Proverbs 14
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Proverbs 14 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as Solomonic proverb collections. Proverbs offers compact instruction on speech, work, wealth, friendship, sex, discipline, justice, and wisdom as a way of life before God. Read this chapter with the wider themes of wisdom, fear of the Lord, and speech in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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