Proverbs 15:24 meaning and explanation
The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
Proverbs 15:24, Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 15:24 comes from a collection of wise sayings in Israel's wisdom tradition, contrasting the wise person's course with the fool's. The "path of life" is a way of living marked by the fear of the LORD and by heeding correction, and here it "leads upward." The Hebrew word sheol names the grave or the realm of the dead, pictured in the Old Testament as a place below.
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