Proverbs 15:24
Wise people walk on a road that leads up to a long life; they do not walk on a road that leads down to the place where dead people are.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
In Context
25Yahweh tears down the houses of proud people, but he protects the property of widows.
Cross References
Psalms 139:24Find out whether there is anything evil in my inner being, and lead me along the road that leads to my being with you forever.
Proverbs 5:5If you go where she goes [MTY], you will go down to where the dead people are. Her steps will lead you straight to the grave.
Proverbs 7:27The road to her house is the road to the grave. Those who enter her bedroom [PRS] will die as a result.
Proverbs 23:14and it may save them from going to the place where dead people are.
Philippians 3:20But remember that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to return from there.
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 →