Proverbs 15:24

New English Translation

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

Cross References

Psalm 139:24

See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path!

Psalm 16:11

You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

Proverbs 2:18

For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.

Proverbs 23:14

If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

Proverbs 5:5

Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Proverbs 7:27

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

Proverbs 9:8

Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.

Jeremiah 21:8

“But tell the people of Jerusalem that the Lord says, ‘I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death.

Matthew 7:14

But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

John 14:6

Jesus replied, “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 has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

Philippians 3:20

But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,