Proverbs 15:24
The path of life goeth upward for the wise, that he may depart from the nether-world beneath.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 in the answer of his mouth; and a word in due season, how good is it!
25The LORD will pluck up the house of the proud; but He will establish the border of the widow.
Cross References
Psalms 139:24And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world;
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to the nether-world, going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 23:14Thou beatest him with the rod, and wilt deliver his soul from the nether-world.
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 →