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Proverbs · Chapter 15

Proverbs 15:24

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

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Before · Proverbs 15:22–23

22Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established. 23Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

24The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

After · Proverbs 15:25–26

25The LORD will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact. 26The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

Read all of Proverbs 15 (33 verses)

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  • FootnoteSheol is the place of the dead.

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