Proverbs 15:24
22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
23 A 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.
25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
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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
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Read in contextPsalms 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Read in contextMatthew 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:20
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Read in contextJeremiah 21:8
And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
Read in contextJohn 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Read in contextPsalms 139:24
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Read in contextProverbs 23:14
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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