Proverbs 16:25
There is many a way which seemeth even before a man, but its end are the ways unto death.
Leeser Tanakh
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
24[Like] the droppings of honey are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones.
26The desire of the laborer laboreth for him; for his mouth imposeth it on him.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is straight in his own eyes; but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 14:12There is many a way which seemeth even before a man; but its end are ways unto 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 →