²⁴ Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

¹ If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

² Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.

²⁰ For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

¹⁸ For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

⁶ Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

¹⁴ For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.

⁸ And to this people you are to say, The Lord has said, See, I put before you the way of life and the way of death.

¹⁴ Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.

⁸ Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

²⁷ Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.

²³ For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

⁵ Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;

²⁴ See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way.

¹¹ You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.