Verse 24

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 2:18 : 18 For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.
• Phil 3:20 : 20 But our citizenship is in heaven– and we also eagerly await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• Col 3:1-2 : 1 Exhortations to Seek the Things Above Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,
• Ps 16:11 : 11 You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.
• Ps 139:24 : 24 See if there is any idolatrous way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way!
• Prov 5:5 : 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
• Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,
• Prov 7:27 : 27 Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
• Prov 9:8 : 8 Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
• Prov 23:14 : 14 If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.
• Jer 21:8 : 8 “But tell the people of Jerusalem that the LORD says,‘I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death.
• Matt 7:14 : 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and there are few who find it!
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.