Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
24Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
26The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.
Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.
John 7:47The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced?
Acts 26:9And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to 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 →