Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems just to a man, but its conclusion leads to death.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
13Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning occupies the limits of joy.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart: “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David,
Proverbs 12:15The way of the foolish is right in his own eyes. But whoever is wise listens to counsels.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation which seems pure to themselves, and yet they are not even washed from their filthiness.
Luke 13:24“Strive to enter through the narrow gate. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and not be able.
Galatians 6:3For if anyone considers himself to be something, though he may be nothing, he deceives himself.
James 1:22So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves.
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 →