Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

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WEBBE

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

BSB

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

KJV

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

ASV

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

BBE

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 12

The ways of carelessness, of worldliness, and of sensuality, seem right to those that walk in them; but self-deceivers prove self-destroyers. See the vanity of carnal mirth.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.