Proverbs 16:25

יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵי ־ אִישׁ וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ דַּרְכֵי ־ מָֽוֶת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

24צוּף ־ דְּבַשׁ אִמְרֵי ־ נֹעַם מָתוֹק לַנֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּא לָעָֽצֶם ׃

26נֶפֶשׁ עָמֵל עָמְלָה לּוֹ כִּֽי ־ אָכַף עָלָיו פִּֽיהוּ ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:15דֶּרֶךְ אֱוִיל יָשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו וְשֹׁמֵעַ לְעֵצָה חָכָֽם ׃

Proverbs 14:12יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵי ־ אִישׁ וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ דַּרְכֵי ־ מָֽוֶת ׃

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 →

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