Proverbs 16:25
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 that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
In Context
24Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
26The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
John 7:47Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas?
Acts 26:9For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:25
24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. The pleasant words here commended must be those which the heart of the wise teaches, and adds learning to ( v. 23 ), words of seasonable advice, instruction, and comfort, words taken from God's word, for that is it which Solomon had learned from his father to account sweeter than honey and the honey-comb, Ps. xix. 10 . These words, to those that know how to relish them, 1. Are pleasant. They are like the honey-comb, sweet to the… Read the whole commentary →