The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life - מקור חיים mekor chaiyim, the vein of lives. Another allusion to the great aorta which carries the blood from the heart to all the extremities of the body. Of this phrase, and the tree of lives, Solomon is particularly fond. See on Proverbs 4:23 (note); Proverbs 10:12 (note).
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Proverbs 14:27
27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.