Proverbs 15:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:18 : 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
  • Phil 3:20 : 20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Col 3:1-2 : 1 ¶ If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
  • Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
  • Ps 139:24 : 24 And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
  • Prov 5:5 : 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
  • Prov 7:27 : 27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:8 : 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  • Prov 23:14 : 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
  • Jer 21:8 : 8 ¶ And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
  • Matt 7:14 : 14 ‹Because strait› [is] ‹the gate, and narrow› [is] ‹the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.›
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, ‹I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.›

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