Proverbs 15:24
22 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
23 A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
25 The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
- KJV
- The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
- WEB
- The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
- ASV
- To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
- DARBY
- The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
- BLB
- The path of life [is] on high for the one being wise, that he may turn away from Sheol below.
- ÅB
- Den forstandige går livets vei oppover for å undgå dødsriket der nede.
- OTB
- Livets vei går oppover for den kloke, for å holde dem fra å stige ned til dødsriket.
- B1930
- Den forstandige går livets vei opover for å undgå dødsriket der nede.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:1–2
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Read in contextPsalms 16:11
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
Read in contextMatthew 7:14
But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Read in contextJeremiah 21:8
Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
Read in contextJohn 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Read in contextPsalms 139:24
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
Read in contextProverbs 23:14
Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
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