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Proverbs 14:12

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

KJV

Est via quæ videtur homini justa, novissima autem ejus deducunt ad mortem.

Vulgate

ἔστιν ὁδὸς ἣ δοκεῖ παρὰ ἀνθρώποις ὀρθὴ εἶναι, τὰ δὲ τελευταῖα αὐτῆς ἔρχεται εἰς πυθμένα ᾅδου.

LXX

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

ASV

יֵ֤שׁ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יָ֭שָׁר לִ/פְנֵי אִ֑ישׁ וְ֝/אַחֲרִיתָ֗/הּ דַּרְכֵי מָֽוֶת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הּ
h
noun · 61×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 5:6 — Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
  • Gal 6:3 — For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
  • Jas 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
  • Jas 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
  • Judg 17:6 — In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
  • Judg 17:13 — Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
  • Judg 21:25 — In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
  • Luke 8:18 — Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
  • 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.
  • Matt 7:13 — 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:
  • Prov 12:15 — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
  • Prov 12:15 — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
  • Prov 16:25 — There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  • Prov 16:25 — There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  • Prov 25:8 — Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
  • Prov 30:12 — There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
  • Ps 1:6 — For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
  • Ps 119:104 — Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
  • Rom 6:21 — What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
  • Rom 6:21 — What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.