Then Jeroboam said to himself, “Now the kingdom may well revert to the house of David.
Proverbs 14:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death. American Standard Version (1901) There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death. Common English Bible There is a path that may seem straight to someone, but in the end it is a path to death. Catholic Public Domain Version There is a way which seems just to a man, but its conclusion leads to death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death. |
Then Jeroboam said to himself, “Now the kingdom may well revert to the house of David.
So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. He said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
Sometimes there is a way that seems to be right, but in the end it is the way to death.
There are those who are pure in their own eyes, yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.
“Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
So what fruit did you then gain from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death.
For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.