Proverbs 16:25
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
26The hunger of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth compelleth him.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is straight in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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 →