Proverbs 15:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁴ 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

²⁴ The way of life is above to the wise, That he may depart from hell beneath.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ 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)

²⁴ To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

Common English Bible

²⁴ For those with insight, life is an upward path, avoiding the grave below.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ 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

²⁴ 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: