American Standard Version
Proverbs 14:12
12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man;But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 14:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
- New International Version (NIV)There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
Context of Proverbs 14:12
10The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy. 11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death. 13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness. 14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good manshall be satisfiedfrom himself.
Read all of Proverbs 14Proverbs 14:12 word by word
יֵ֤שׁ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יָ֭שָׁר לִפְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ דַּרְכֵי־מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 14:12
- Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
- Proverbs 16:25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
- Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, Andyetare not washed from their filthiness.
- Matthew 7:13Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.
- Luke 13:24Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
- Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
- Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.
- Isaiah 58:11and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Commentaries on Proverbs 14:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man - This may be his easily besetting sin, the sin of his constitution, the sin of his trade. Or it may be his own false views of religion: he may have an imperfect repentance, a false faith, a very false creed; and he may persuade himself that he is in the direct way to heaven. Many of the papists, when they were burning the saints of God in the flames at Smithfield, thought they were doing God service! And in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12A way - The way of the fool, the way of self-indulgence and self-will.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12Verse 12 The ways of carelessness, of worldliness, and of sensuality, seem right to those that walk in them; but self-deceivers prove self-destroyers. See the vanity of carnal mirth.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The best choice may not always appear correct at first glance (see Matthew 7:13–14). See the parallel passage in Proverbs 16:25Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. end thereof--or, "reward," what results (compare Pr 5:4). ways of death--leading to it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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