Proverbs 14:12
There's a way that seems to be right, but in the end it's the way of death.
Free Bible 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
11The house of wicked people will be destroyed, but the tent of good people will prosper.
13Even when you're laughing you can be feeling sad—joy can end in grief.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:26Jeroboam said to himself, “The kingdom could easily return to the house of David.
Proverbs 12:15Stupid people think they're on the right track, but if you're wise you listen to advice.
Proverbs 30:12There are some who see themselves as pure but they're still filthy—they have not been washed.
Luke 13:24“Try very hard to enter the narrow doorway, because I tell you that many will try to go in, and won't succeed.
Galatians 6:3Those who think they're really something—when they're actually nothing—only fool themselves.
James 1:22But do what the word says—don't just listen to it and delude 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 →