New King James Version
Proverbs 15:24
24The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below.
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 Living Translation (NLT)The path of life leads upward for the wise; they leave the grave behind.
Context of Proverbs 15:24
22Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established. 23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is! The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below. 25The Lord will destroy the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow. 26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, But the words of the pure are pleasant.
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אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים לְמַ֣עְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּ֑יל לְמַ֥עַן ס֝֗וּר מִשְּׁא֥וֹל מָֽטָּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 15:24
- Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
- Psalms 16:11You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
- Psalms 139:24And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
- Jeremiah 21:8“Now you shall say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
- Matthew 7:14Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, 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 the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Colossians 3:1If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
- Proverbs 2:18For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead;
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death, Her steps lay hold of hell.
- Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to hell, Descending to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 9:8Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- Proverbs 23:14You shall beat him with a rod, And 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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