Proverbs 14:12
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New International Version (© 2011)
There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.

Proverbs 14:12 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man - This may be his easily besetting sin, the sin of his constitution, the sin of his trade. Or it may be his own false views of religion: he may have an imperfect repentance, a false faith, a very false creed; and he may persuade himself that he is in the direct way to heaven. Many of the papists, when they were burning the saints of God in the flames at Smithfield, thought they were doing God service! And in the late Irish massacre, the more of the Protestants they piked to death, shot, or burnt, the more they believed they deserved of God's favor and their Church's gratitude. But cruelty and murder are the short road, the near way, to eternal perdition.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that listens to counsel is wise.

Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

Matthew 7:13,14 Enter you in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction...

Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Psalm 112:2,3 His seed shall be mighty on earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed...

Psalm 128:3 Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: your children like olive plants round about your table.

Isaiah 58:11,12 And the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones...

Proverbs 14:12 Parallel Commentaries
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Romans 6:21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
Proverbs 12:15 The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.
Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.