"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death." — Proverbs 14:12

Proverbs 14:12 · KJV

“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.”

— Proverbs 14:12

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth {is} heaviness.

Proverbs 14 — Context

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. {his own...: Heb. the bitterness of his soul}

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth {is} heaviness.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man {shall be satisfied} from himself.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.

Matthew 7:13-14

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide {is} the gate, and broad {is} the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow}

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool {is} right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel {is} wise.

Galatians 6:3

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Luke 13:24

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Romans 6:21

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things {is} death.

Proverbs 30:12

{There is} a generation {that are} pure in their own eyes, and {yet} is not washed from their filthiness.

James 1:22

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.