Proverbs 15:24
The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
In Context
23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it!
25Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.
Cross References
Psalms 139:24And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 23:14thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
Matthew 7:14For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.
Philippians 3:20for *our* commonwealth has its existence in [the] heavens, from which also we await the Lord Jesus Christ [as] Saviour,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:24
23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! Note, 1. We speak wisely when we speak seasonably: The answer of the mouth will be our credit and joy when it is pertinent and to the purpose, and is spoken in due season, when it is needed and will be regarded, and, as we say, hits the joint. Many a good word comes short of doing the good it might have done, for want of being well-timed. Nor is any thing more the beauty of discourse than to have a proper answer ready… Read the whole commentary →