Proverbs 14:27 Midrash

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Read midrashic interpretation of Proverbs 14:27: and classical rabbinic exegesis.