Proverbs 15:24

The path of life is on a learned man; that he bow away from the last hell. (The path of life leadeth upward for the learned; yea, so that they turn away from Sheol, or the land of the dead, or so that they turn away from hell, which is below.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 is glad in the sentence of his mouth; and a covenable word is best (or but a suitable word is always best).

25The Lord shall destroy the house of proud men; and he shall make steadfast the coasts of a widow. (The Lord shall destroy the house of the proud; but he shall make firm the property lines, or the boundary stones, of a widow.)

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Cross References

Psalms 139:24And see thou, if way of wickedness is in me; and lead thou me forth in [the] everlasting way. (And see thou, if there be found any way of wickedness in me; and then lead thou me forth in the everlasting way.)

Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down into death; and her steps pierce to hells. (Her feet go downward unto death; and her steps shall lead thee unto Sheol, or the land of the dead, or and her steps shall lead thee to hell.)

Proverbs 7:27The ways of hell is her house; and pierce (th) into the inner things of death. (Her house is the way, or the entrance, to Sheol or to hell; yea, it leadeth down to the land of the dead.)

Proverbs 23:14Thou shalt smite him with a rod, and thou shalt deliver his soul from hell. (Thou shalt strike him with a rod, and so thou shalt rescue his soul from Sheol, or from the land of the dead, or from hell itself.)

Matthew 7:14How strait (or narrow) is the gate, and narrow the way, that leadeth to life, and there be few that find it.

Philippians 3:20But our living is in (the) heavens [or Forsooth our living is in heaven]; from whence also we abide (or we wait for) the Saviour our 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 →

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