Proverbs 14:12
There is many a way which seemeth even before a man; but its end are ways unto death.
Leeser Tanakh
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 the wicked will be destroyed: but the tent of the upright will flourish.
13Even in laughter the heart feeleth pain; and at its end joy is sorrow.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:26And Jerobo'am said in his heart, Now may the kingdom return to the house of David:
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is straight in his own eyes; but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed [clean] of its filthiness.
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 →