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The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.
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Two Paths, Two Destinies
Commentators explain that this verse presents a stark contrast. The 'way of life' for the wise is an upward path leading toward God and ultimate life. This path actively helps one turn away from 'Sheol beneath,' which scholars interpret not just as the grave, but as the downward path leading to eternal ruin and gloom.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
The way of life is above to the wise.— These words sound like a faint echo of such passages as Philippians 3:20;[Referenc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The way of life [is] above to the wise Of "the way of life"; (See Gill on Proverbs 10:17); this is said to …
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A good man sets his affections on things above; his way leads directly there.
