Proverbs 14:12
Soothly a way is, that seemeth just to a man, (or Truly there is a way, that seemeth right to a person); but the last things thereof lead forth to death.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
Cross References
1 Kings 12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the realm shall turn again to the house of David, (And Jeroboam said in his heart, Even now the kingdom shall return to the house of David,)
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is rightful in his eyes; but he that is wise, heareth counsels, (or but he who is wise, listeneth to good advice).
Proverbs 30:12(There is) A generation that seemeth clean to itself, and nevertheless is not washed from his filths. (There be people who seem clean to themselves, yet nevertheless be not washed from their filths.)
Luke 13:24Strive ye to enter by the strait gate (or Strive to enter by the narrow gate); for I say to you, many seek to enter [in], and they shall not be able (to).
Galatians 6:3For who that troweth [or guesseth] that he be aught, when he is nought, he beguileth himself. (For he who thinketh that he is something, when he is really nothing, fooleth himself.)
James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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 →