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Proverbs 15

Prov. 15:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The way
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
r of life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
is above
ma`al (Hebrew #4605)
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
KJV usage: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (X very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
Pronounce: mah'al
Origin: from 5927
to the wise
sakal (Hebrew #7919)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide wittingly.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
, that he may depart
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
from hell
sh'owl (Hebrew #7585)
from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV usage: grave, hell, pit.
Pronounce: sheh-ole'
Origin: or shol {sheh-ole'}
beneath
mattah (Hebrew #4295)
downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
KJV usage: beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).
Pronounce: mat'-taw
Origin: from 5786 with directive enclitic appended
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John 14:6• 6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 6:23• 23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: (Prov. 6:23)
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Psa. 16:11• 11Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. (Psa. 16:11)
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Psa. 139:24• 24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psa. 139:24)
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Jer. 21:8• 8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. (Jer. 21:8)
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Matt. 7:14• 14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matt. 7:14)
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John 14:6• 6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)
above.
Phil. 3:20• 20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: (Phil. 3:20)
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Col. 3:1‑2• 1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
 2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. (Col. 3:1‑2)
that.
Prov. 2:18• 18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. (Prov. 2:18)
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Prov. 5:5• 5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. (Prov. 5:5)
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Prov. 7:27• 27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. (Prov. 7:27)
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Prov. 9:8• 8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. (Prov. 9:8)
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Prov. 23:14• 14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. (Prov. 23:14)
• Sheol is the world of spirits-the unseen. It refers not to the place of future punishment only, but to what was, even to the children of God, before the Cross, a land of darkness beyond the grave. And, inasmuch as long life was a blessing promised to the faithful Hebrew, an early cutting off from this present life was a calamity to be dreaded. (“Proverbs Fifteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.