Proverbs 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. 14:27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Life and Death is again contrasted in black and white terms as a result of living and believing the Law and Wisdom of God. The “law of the wise” is the Torah of Moses, and by extension, the whole Bible. A concise summary of this Law is given us in the Ten Commandments. “Keep these, and you will live.”
The “Fountain of Youth” has been dreamt about and searched for for centuries, while the Fountain of Life has always been near at hand, right in front of us, and even in us all along. “Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead.” Faith in Jesus is the law of the wise; believing Him is the Fountain of Life.
There is a fountain filled with blood. It cleanses from all sin; it gives eternal life to all who bathe in it. This gospel is the law of the wise. There is such a huge difference between believers and unbelievers, also called the righteous and the wicked, the wise and the foolish, the hearers of the Word and the ignorers of the Word. It is the difference between a full, rich, satisfying, enjoyable, abundant, and eternal life and a poor, miserable, empty, painful, and eternal death. Everything we think, say, or do tends toward either life or death. Believe the revealed Word of God to know the difference. Escape the snares of death.