Proverbs 15:24
A path of life [is] on high for the wise, || To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
In Context
23Joy [is] to a man in the answer of his mouth, || And a word in its season—how good!
25YHWH pulls down the house of the proud, || And He sets up the border of the widow.
Cross References
Psalms 139:24And see if a grievous way be in me, || And lead me in a perpetual way!
Proverbs 5:5Her feet are going down to death, || Her steps take hold of Sheol.
Proverbs 7:27The ways of Sheol—her house, || Going down to inner chambers of death!
Proverbs 23:14You strike him with a rod, || And you deliver his soul from Sheol.
Matthew 7:14how narrow [is] the gate and compressed the way that is leading to life, and few are those finding it!
Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in the heavens, from where we also await a Savior—the Lord Jesus Christ—
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 →