Proverbs 15:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For the wise the path of life leads upward, in order to avoid Sheol below.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The way of life is above to the wise, That he may depart from hell beneath.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The path of the wise leads upward to life, that he may avoid [the gloom] in the depths of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead). [Phil. 3:20; Col. 3:1, 2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

Common English Bible

For those with insight, life is an upward path, avoiding the grave below.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The path of life is for the wise above, so that he may turn away from the end of Hell.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.

Proverbs 15:24 Cross References

Psalm 139:24

See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 16:11

You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Proverbs 2:18

for her way leads down to death and her paths to the shades;

Proverbs 23:14

If you beat them with the rod, you will save their lives from Sheol.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Proverbs 5:5

Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Proverbs 7:27

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

Jeremiah 21:8

And to this people you shall say: Thus says the Lord: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.

Matthew 7:14

For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled by my anger and burns to the depths of Sheol; it devours the earth and its increase and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Philippians 3:20

But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.