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24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent,
    turning them from Sheol below.[a]

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  1. 15:24 Death is personified as Sheol, the underworld. “Up” and “down” in Hebrew as in English are metaphors for success and failure (see Dt 28:43). One who stays on the path of life need not fear the punishment that stalks sinners.