King James Version
Proverbs 15:24
24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Proverbs 15:24 in other versions
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The path of life leads upward for the wise; they leave the grave behind.
Context of Proverbs 15:24
22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. 23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. 25The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. 26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
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 shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at 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 the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
- Matthew 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- Philippians 3:20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
- Colossians 3:1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth 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 hell.
- Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- Proverbs 23:14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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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