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Proverbs 15:24
24The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
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.
- 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
22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. 23A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word! The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead. 25The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place. 26The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure in his sight.
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אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים לְמַ֣עְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּ֑יל לְמַ֥עַן ס֝֗וּר מִשְּׁא֥וֹל מָֽטָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 15:24
- Proverbs 6:23For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
- Psalms 16:11You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
- Psalms 139:24See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- Jeremiah 21:8“Furthermore, tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.
- Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Colossians 3:1Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
- Proverbs 2:18Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
- Proverbs 7:27Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
- Proverbs 23:14Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
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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