Proverbs 15:24

“The way of life [is] above to the wise, etc.] Of “the way of life”; (see Gill on “<201017>Proverbs 10:17”); this is said to be “above”, or it tends “to [what is] above”; it leads to heaven and happiness above; the life itself it is the way of or to is above, it is hid with Christ in God; eternal life, glory, and happiness, is above; it is a house eternal in the heavens, an inheritance reserved there, and will be there enjoyed by the saints: the way to it is above; Christ is the way, and he is in heaven, at the Father’s right hand, through whom only men can come at this life; wherefore those who are in the way of it have their thoughts, their hearts, their affections and conversations, above,…”

“(Compare Col 3:2). Holy purposes prevent sinning, and so its evils.”

“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 downward, ending in the gloom of Sheol. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The way - The way a wise man takes to obtain life, is to place his heart, and treasure, and conversation on things above. Proverbs 15:25”

“15:24 A wise person avoids death by choosing the path of life.”

“way: Pro 6:23; Psa 16:11, Psa 139:24; Jer 21:8; Mat 7:14; Joh 14:6 above: Phi 3:20; Col 3:1, Col 3:2 that: Pro 2:18, Pro 5:5, Pro 7:27, Pro 9:8, Pro 23:14 Proverbs 15:25”

“Four proverbs of fundamentally different doctrines: 24 The man of understanding goeth upwards on a way of life, To depart from hell beneath. The way of life is one, Pro 5:6; Psa 16:11 (where, notwithstanding the want of the article, the idea is logically determined), although in itself forming a plurality of ארחות, Pro 2:19. "A way of life," in the translation, is equivalent to a way which is a way of life. למעלה, upwards (as Ecc 3:21, where, in the doubtful question whether the spirit of a man at his death goes upwards, there yet lies the knowledge of the alternative), belongs, as the parallel משּׁאול מטּה shows, to ארח חיּים as virtual adj.: a way of life which leads upwards. And the ל of…”