New American Standard Bible 2020
Proverbs 15:24
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
22Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed. 23A person has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word! The path of life leads upward for the wise, So that he may keep away from Sheol below. 25The Lord will tear down the house of the proud, But He will set the boundary of the widow. 26Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord, But pleasant words are pure.
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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 teaching is light; And rebukes for discipline are the way of life
- Psalms 16:11You will make known to me the way of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
- Psalms 139:24And see if there is any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
- Jeremiah 21:8“You shall also say to this people, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.
- Matthew 7:14For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
- Colossians 3:1Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
- Proverbs 2:18For her house sinks down to death, And her tracks lead to the dead;
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.
- Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke a scoffer, or he will hate you; Rebuke a wise person and he will love you.
- Proverbs 23:14You shall strike him with the rod And rescue 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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