Proverbs 15:24 - Compare All Versions

Deildu

Life ascends to the heights for the thoughtful— it’s a clean about-face from descent into hell.

The way of life is above to the wise, That he may depart from hell beneath.

The path of life leads upward for the wise That he may keep away from Sheol below.

Wise people’s lives get better and better. They avoid whatever would cause their death.

To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below.

The [chosen] path of life leads upward for the wise, That he may keep away from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) below. [Phil 3:20; Col 3:1, 2]

The path of life leads upward for the wise; they leave the grave behind.

The life-paths of the prudent lift them progressively heavenward, delivering them from the death spirals that keep tugging them downward.

The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.