Proverbs 13:14 Midrash

תּוֹרַ֣ת חָ֭כָם מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death.

Read midrashic interpretation of Proverbs 13:14: and classical rabbinic exegesis.