Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
24A comb of honey, are pleasant words, sweet to the taste and healing to the bone.
26The appetite of the toiler, hath toiled for him, for his mouth, hath urged him on.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15The way of the foolish, is right in his own eyes, but, he that hearkeneth to counsel, is wise.
Proverbs 14:12There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death!
John 7:47The Pharisees, therefore, answered them—Surely, ye also, have not been led astray?
Acts 26:9I, therefore, imagined to myself, that, against the name of Jesus the Nazarene, it was needful, many hostile things, to bring about,—
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 →