Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 15:24

24 The way of life is above to the wise , that he may depart from hell beneath .

The way or course which a wise man taketh to preserve and obtain Life, is to place his Heart, and Treasure, and Conversation in things above, and to manage all his affairs in this world with due respect and subserviency to the happiness of a better Life.

Or, from the lowermost hell, not from the grave, as this word is elsewhere used, for no wisdom can prevent that, but from hell properly so called, as this word is elsewhere used, as hath been formerly observed.

Marginal references: Phi. 3. 20. Col. 3. 1, 2.