Proverbs 15:24 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 15:24 MSG (The Message)
Life ascends to the heights for the thoughtful— it’s a clean about-face from descent into hell.
Proverbs 15:24 KJV (King James Version)
The way of life is above to the wise, That he may depart from hell beneath.
Proverbs 15:24 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The path of life leads upward for the wise That he may keep away from Sheol below.
Proverbs 15:24 NCV (New Century Version)
Wise people’s lives get better and better. They avoid whatever would cause their death.
Proverbs 15:24 ASV (American Standard Version)
To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Proverbs 15:24 NIV (New International Version)
The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
Proverbs 15:24 NKJV (New King James Version)
The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below.
Proverbs 15:24 AMP (Amplified Bible)
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]
Proverbs 15:24 NLT (New Living Translation)
The path of life leads upward for the wise; they leave the grave behind.
Proverbs 15:24 TPT (The Passion Translation)
The life-paths of the prudent lift them progressively heavenward, delivering them from the death spirals that keep tugging them downward.
Proverbs 15:24 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.