American Standard Version
Proverbs 15:24
24To the wise the way of lifegoethupward,That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Proverbs 15:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
- New International Version (NIV)The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below.
Context of Proverbs 15:24
22Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established. 23A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it! To the wise the way of lifegoethupward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath. 25Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow. 26Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant wordsarepure.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 15:24 word by word
אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים לְמַ֣עְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּ֑יל לְמַ֥עַן ס֝֗וּר מִשְּׁא֥וֹל מָֽטָּה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 15:24
- Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
- Psalms 16:11Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- Psalms 139:24And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
- Jeremiah 21:8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
- Matthew 7:14For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
- Colossians 3:1If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- Proverbs 2:18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;
- Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
- Proverbs 23:14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
Commentaries on Proverbs 15:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24The way of life is above to the wise - There is a treble antithesis here: The way of the wise, and that of the fool. The one is above, the other below. 3. The one is of life, the other is of death.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Above beneath - The one path is all along upward, leading to the highest life. It rescues the “wise” from the other, which is all along downward, ending in the gloom of Sheol.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24Verse 24 A good man sets his affections on things above; his way leads directly thither.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24A wise person chooses life to avoid death.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. (Compare Col 3:2). Holy purposes prevent sinning, and so its evils.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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