Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
In Context
11The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.
13Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:
Proverbs 12:15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
Luke 13:24Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.
Galatians 6:3For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:12
11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. Note, 1. Sin is the ruin of great families: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be overthrown, shall be brought to poverty and disgrace, and at length be extinct. His hope for heaven, the house on which he leans, shall not stand, but fail in the storm; the deluge that comes will sweep it away. 2. Righteousness is the rise and stability even of mean families: Even the tabernacle of the… Read the whole commentary →