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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.

KJV

Est via quæ videtur homini recta, et novissima ejus ducunt ad mortem.

Vulgate

εἰσὶν ὁδοὶ δοκοῦσαι εἶναι ὀρθαὶ ἀνδρί, τὰ μέντοι τελευταῖα αὐτῶν βλέπει 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

  • 2Cor 13:5 — 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?
  • Acts 26:9 — I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
  • Isa 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refug
  • 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.
  • John 7:47 — Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
  • John 9:40 — And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
  • Luke 11:35 — Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
  • 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 12:26 — The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
  • Prov 14:12 — There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  • Prov 14:12 — There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  • Prov 16:2 — All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
  • Prov 21:2 — Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
  • Rom 6:21 — What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.