The fear of the Lord tendeth to life— The fear of the Lord tendeth to life; he who is filled with it shall sleep, or pass his nights free from all evil. Houbigant. Schultens, whom Dr. Grey follows, renders it, The fear of Jehovah indeed is life; but he who sleeps in carnal security shall not be free from evil. See Deuteronomy 32:15. The LXX read, The fear of the Lord is to a man's life; but he that is without fear, namely, of God, shall abide in places where there is no knowledge to govern him; that is, shall run blindly into all manner of mischief.
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Proverbs 19:23
23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.