²⁴ The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.

¹ If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

² Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

²⁰ For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁸ For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead.

⁶ Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

¹⁴ How{TR reads "Because" instead of "How"} narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.

⁸ To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

¹⁴ Punish him with the rod, And save his soul from Sheol.

⁸ Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

²⁷ Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

²³ For the commandment is a lamp, And the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

⁵ Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

²⁴ See if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

¹¹ You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.