Proverbs 15:24
A path of life [is] on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
Young's Literal Translation
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!
25The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.
Cross References
Psalms 139:24And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
Proverbs 5:5Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.
Proverbs 7:27The ways of Sheol — her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!
Proverbs 23:14Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.
Matthew 7:14how strait [is] the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!
Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await — 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 →