Proverbs 14:12
There is a derech (road) which seemeth yashar (right) unto an ish, 1 but the acharit (latter end, future) thereof are the drakhim of mavet. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 bais of the resha'im shall be shmad, 1 but the ohel of the yesharim shall flourish. 1
13Even in sekhok (laughter) the lev is sad, 1 and the acharit (latter end) of that simchah is grief. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 12:26And Yarov'am said in his lev, Now shall the mamlachah return to the Bais Dovid:
Proverbs 12:15The derech of a fool is yashar (right) in his own eynayim, 1 but he that payeth heed unto etzah is chacham (wise). 1
Proverbs 30:12There is a dor (generation) that is tahor (pure) in its own eynayim, 1 and yet is not washed from its filthiness. 1
Luke 13:24Strive to enter through the sha'ar hatzarut (gate of narrowness), because many, I say to you, will seek to enter and they will not be able to.
Galatians 6:3For if anyone thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
James 1:22Now be Shomrei HaDvar Hashem and not Shomei HaDvar only, thereby causing yourselves to fall under remiyah (deceit, deception).
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 →