Proverbs 15:24

In 11 translations

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.Sheol is the place of the dead.

ASV

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

LSV

A path of life [is] on high for the wise, || To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

YLT

A path of life [is] on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

DBY

The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

DRC

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

GNV

The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.

JPS

The path of life goeth upward for the wise, that he may depart from the nether-world beneath.

LXXE

The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים לְמַ֣עְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּ֑יל לְמַ֥עַן ס֝֗וּר מִשְּׁא֥וֹל מָֽטָּה׃

LXX-Br

Ὁδοὶ ζωῆς διανοήματα συνετοῦ, ἵνα ἐκκλίνας ἐκ τοῦ ᾅδου σωθῇ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Colossians 3:1–2Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
• Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
• Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
• Jeremiah 21:8Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
• Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
• Psalms 139:24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
• Proverbs 23:14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
• Proverbs 7:27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
• Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
• Proverbs 2:18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
• Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
• Proverbs 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

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