Proverbs 15:24

above. upward.

the wise. a skilful one. Hebrew. sakal. See note on Proverbs 1:2.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 15:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Above ... beneath - The one path is all along upward, leading to the highest life. It rescues the “wise” from the other, which is all along downw...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverb...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of life is above to the wise - There is a treble antithesis her...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The way of life is above to the wise— Or, The way of life to the wise is above.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of life (is) above to the wise, that he may depart from h...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lit. 'The way of life upward is to the wise man': he escapes the premature death of the wicked.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The way of life is above to the wise. — These words sound like a faint echo of such passages as Philippians 3:20 ; Colossians 3:1-2 , though the...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Words in Season Proverbs 15:18-33 Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which i...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way o...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The way of life [is] above to the wise ,.... Of "the way of life"; Proverbs 10:17 ; this is said to be "above", or it tends "to [what is] above"; i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. Ver. 24. The way of life is above to the wise. ] He goes a higher...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The way of life is above to the wise The way which a wise man takes to preserve and obtain spiritual and eternal life, is to place his heart, treas...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of wisdom and holiness is here recommended...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The way of life is above to the wise; the way or course which a wise man taketh to preserve and obtain life, is to place his heart, and treasure, a...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 15:24 . The way of life is above , etc., rather “An upward path of life,” etc. Hell , Sheôl, as in Proverbs 15:11 ....
Scofield Reference Notes

hell Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to miscon...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured pers...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 24. The way of life is above to the wise, he directs his course upward, aiming at a higher degree of sanctification with every new day, his eye...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 3:1 ; Colossians 3:2 ; Jeremiah 21:8 ; John 14:6 ; Matthew 7:14 ; Philippians 3:20 ; Proverbs 2:18 ; Proverbs 23:14 ; Proverbs 5:...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The way — The way a wise man takes to obtain life, is to place his heart, and treasure, and conversation on things above.

²⁴ The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 15:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 15:24