Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Berean Standard Bible
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
24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
26A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
John 7:47“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
Acts 26:9So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose 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 →