Proverbs 16:25
There is a way which seems right to a man, and its end result leads to death.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
24Careful words are a honeycomb: sweet to the soul and healthful to the bones.
26The soul of the laborer labors for himself, because his mouth has driven him to it.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15The way of the foolish is right in his own eyes. But whoever is wise listens to counsels.
Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seems just to a man, but its conclusion leads to death.
John 7:47And so the Pharisees answered them: “Have you also been seduced?
Acts 26:9And certainly, I myself formerly considered that I ought to act in many ways which are contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
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 →