Proverbs 15:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

And see if there be any way of wickedness in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 16:11

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Proverbs 2:18

For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead:

Proverbs 23:14

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Proverbs 5:5

Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction 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

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Jeremiah 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.

Matthew 7:14

For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few be they that find it.

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest pit, And devoureth the earth with her increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Philippians 3:20

For our citizenship is in heaven; from whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: