Proverbs 15:24
The path of life [leadeth] upward for the intelligent, in order that he may avoid the nether world beneath.
Leeser Tanakh
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 [spoken] at the proper time, how good is it!
Cross References
Psalms 139:24And see if there be a way of perverseness in me, and lead me on the way of eternity.
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death, her steps take firm hold on the nether world:
Proverbs 7:27The ways to the nether world is her house leading down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 23:14Thou wilt indeed beat him with the rod; but thou wilt deliver his soul from perdition.
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 →