Proverbs 14:12
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There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.

Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.

Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.

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

Matthew 7:13,14 Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. . . .

Luke 13:24 Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter and shall not be able.

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

Psalm 128:3 Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table.

Isaiah 58:11,12 And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail. . . .

Context
The Wise Woman
11The house of the wicked shall be destroyed: but the tabernacles of the just shall flourish. 12There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.13Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold of the ends of joy.…
Cross References
Romans 6:21
What fruit therefore had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.

Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.

Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.

Lexicon
There is
יֵ֤שׁ (yêš)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

a way
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

that seems right
יָ֭שָׁר (yā·šār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3477: Straight, right

to
לִפְנֵי־ (lip̄·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

a man,
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

but its end
וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ (wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 319: The last, end, the future, posterity

is the way
דַּרְכֵי־ (dar·ḵê-)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of death.
מָֽוֶת׃ (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin


Additional Translations
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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

There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it reach to the depths of hell.

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

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

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

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

There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.
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