25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25)This we had before (Prov. 14:12), but here it is repeated, as that which is very necessary to be thought of, 1. By way of caution to us all to take heed of deceiving ourselves in the great concerns of our souls by resting in that which seems right and is not really so, and, for the preventing of a self-delusion, to be impartial in self-examination and keep up a jealousy over ourselves. 2. By way o…
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