Proverbs 2:18 describes the adulteress's house leading down to death—the exact opposite downward path this verse warns against.

Proverbs 5:5 says the forbidden woman's feet go down to death—directly contrasting the prudent's upward path of life here.

Proverbs 6:23 describes the command as a light and the way to life, directly paralleling the path of life in 15:24.

Proverbs 7:27 calls the adulteress's house a highway to the grave—the downward destination this upward path avoids.

Proverbs 23:14 also mentions delivering the soul from Sheol through discipline, directly paralleling the path of life turning away from Sheol below.

Proverbs 13:14 calls wisdom's teaching a fountain of life turning from death's snares, closely matching the path of life avoiding Sheol.

Psalm 16:11 speaks of the path of life revealed by God, echoing the upward path of the prudent.

Jeremiah 21:8 sets the same two-way choice—life vs. death—that this verse contrasts as upward vs. downward.

Matthew 7:14 describes the narrow road that leads to life—directly paralleling this upward path that keeps from the grave.

Philippians 3:20 locates believers' citizenship in heaven—reinforcing this verse's upward orientation away from the grave.

Colossians 3:1 urges setting hearts on things above—matching this verse's upward path that leads to life.

Colossians 3:2 contrasts minds on things above vs. earthly—parallel to this verse's upward vs. downward choice.

John 14:6 identifies Jesus as 'the way… the life'—the personal embodiment of the upward path described here.

Isaiah 14:9 describes Sheol from beneath stirring to meet the fallen king, echoing the 'Sheol below' that the prudent avoid.

Luke 16:23 depicts the rich man in torment in Hades, illustrating the Sheol from which the path of life turns away.

Psalm 139:24 prays for guidance in 'the way everlasting'—echoing the same upward path of life theme here, but as a personal petition.