Proverbs 14:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 14:12 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Matthew 7:13-14
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: …
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Galatians 6:3
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12)

We have here an account of the way and end of a great many self-deluded souls. 1. Their way is seemingly fair: It seems right to themselves; they please themselves with a fancy that they are as they should be, that their opinions and practices are good, and such as will bear them out. The way of ignorance and carelessness, the way of worldliness and earthly-mindedness, the way of sensuality and fl…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. end thereof--or, “reward,” what results (compare Pr 5:4). ways of death--leading to it.