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The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death. Proverbs 14:27

Thanks God for the gift of life (277)

Thanks for life now
Thanks for life after death
Thanks for life forever

I’m wondering if this verse suggests that if we want to embrace life we will make choices that lead to life….eg in the times of capital punishment if people lived uprightly there would be no cause for them to be put to death OR if we look after our bodies we might live longer….OR is that just too *practical* a reading?

God, please help me to fear You, to drink from Your fountain of life, to turn away from the things that might lead me towards death.