Proverbs 15:24

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

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

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.

ASV

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

BBE

Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 24

A good man sets his affections on things above; his way leads directly thither.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.