Proverbs 14:12
10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
14 The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- KJV
- There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
- WEB
- There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
- ASV
- There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.
- DARBY
- There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
- BLB
- There is a way right before the face of a man, and its end [is] the way of death.
- ÅB
- Mangen vei tykkes en mann rett, men enden på det er dødens veier.
- OTB
- Det er en vei som synes rett for en mann, men til slutt fører den til døden.
- B1930
- Mangen vei tykkes en mann rett, men enden på det er dødens veier.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Read in contextMatthew 7:13–14
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Read in contextProverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
Read in contextGalatians 6:3
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Read in contextLuke 13:24
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
Read in contextRomans 6:21
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
Read in contextProverbs 30:12
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
Read in contextJames 1:22
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
Read in context