the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 15:24
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The path of life leads upward for the wise; they leave the grave behind.
To the wise the way of life [goes] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Wise people's lives get better and better. They avoid whatever would cause their death.
The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.
The [chosen] path of life leads upward for the wise, That he may keep away from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) below.
The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
The path of lijf is on a lernyd man; that he bowe awei fro the laste helle.
To the wise the way of life goeth upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
All who are wise follow a road that leads upward to life and away from death.
To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
For the prudent, the path of life goes upward; thus he avoids Sh'ol below.
The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
What wise people do leads to life here on earth and stops them from going down to the place of death.
The path of life goeth upward for the wise, that he may depart from the nether-world beneath.
The way of life is aboue to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
The path of life leads up for the wise, so he may keep away from hell below.
For the wise the path of life leads upward, in order to avoid Sheol below.
The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.
The way of life leads upward for the wise, that he may depart from the depths of Sheol.
Wise people walk the road that leads upward to life, not the road that leads downward to death.
The way of life, is upwards to the prudent, that he may depart from hades beneath.
The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.
The wise man's path leads upward to life, that he may avoid Sheol beneath.
The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath.
The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell.
For the prudent the path of life leads upward,so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to She'ol.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
The path of life leads upward for him who has insight, in order to turn away from Sheol below.
The path of life is upward to the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol downward.
A path of life [is] on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
The waye of life ledeth vnto heaue, yt a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth.
Life ascends to the heights for the thoughtful— it's a clean about-face from descent into hell.
The path of life leads upward for the wise, So that he may keep away from Sheol below.
The way of life winds upward for the wise,That he may turn away from hell [fn] below.
The path of life leads upward for the wise That he may keep away from Sheol below.
The path of life leads upward for the one who has insightThat he may turn away from Sheol below.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
way: Proverbs 6:23, Psalms 16:11, Psalms 139:24, Jeremiah 21:8, Matthew 7:14, John 14:6
above: Philippians 3:20, Colossians 3:1, Colossians 3:2
that: Proverbs 2:18, Proverbs 5:5, Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 23:14
Reciprocal: Psalms 10:5 - thy judgments Psalms 71:19 - Thy righteousness Proverbs 8:9 - General Proverbs 13:14 - to Proverbs 24:7 - too Proverbs 28:5 - General Isaiah 14:9 - from Luke 16:23 - in hell
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The way of life [is] above to the wise,.... Of "the way of life"; :-; this is said to be "above", or it tends "to [what is] above"; it leads to heaven and happiness above; the life itself it is the way of or to is above, it is hid with Christ in God; eternal life, glory, and happiness, is above; it is a house eternal in the heavens, an inheritance reserved there, and will be there enjoyed by the saints: the way to it is above; Christ is the way, and he is in heaven, at the Father's right hand, through whom only men can come at this life; wherefore those who are in the way of it have their thoughts, their hearts, their affections and conversations, above, Matthew 6:21. Faith, which deals with Christ the way, and by which men walk in him, is signified by soaring aloft, mounting up with wings as eagles, by entering within the vail, and dwelling on high, and by looking upwards, and at things unseen, and being the evidence of them. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "the way of life is above the learned man", or wise man; the man that has no other than natural learning and wisdom, this way of life and salvation by Christ lies out of his knowledge; it is what the most sagacious and penetrating man could never discover; it is hid from the wise and prudent, and revealed to babes; or this is only known to such who are truly wise unto salvation; it is plain to them, and they highly esteem it, and choose to walk in it; it is an "ascent to him that understands", as the Syriac version renders it; it is a going up hill, it is an ascending upwards and heavenwards; such a man is continually looking upwards unto Christ, the author and finisher of his faith; pressing towards him, the mark for the prize; keeping his eye, not on things on earth, things temporal, which are seen here below, but on things above, things unseen, which are eternal in the heavens;
that he may depart from hell beneath; not from the grave, as "sheol" sometimes signifies: for wise men die as well as fools, and come to the grave, which is the house appointed for all living; even those who are in the way of life that is above do not escape death and the grave: but such are secured from everlasting ruin and destruction, from being destroyed soul and body in hell; they steer quite a different course and road from that; every step they take upwards carries them so far off from hell; which is the contrary way; the broad road of sin is the lower way, or what leads to hell and destruction beneath; the narrow way of faith in Christ is the upper way, and that leads to eternal life above.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Above ... beneath - The one path is all along upward, leading to the highest life. It rescues the “wise” from the other, which is all along downward, ending in the gloom of Sheol.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 15:24. The way of life is above to the wise — There is a treble antithesis here:
1. The way of the wise, and that of the fool.
2. The one is above, the other below.
3. The one is of life, the other is of death.
