The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
“And to this people you shall say: ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol;
for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;
And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
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