Proverbs 14:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² 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)

¹² There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Common English Bible

¹² There is a path that may seem straight to someone, but in the end it is a path to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² There is a way which seems just to a man, but its conclusion leads to death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 14:12 Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

Then Jeroboam said to himself, “Now the kingdom may well revert to the house of David.

1 Kings 12:28

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.”

Proverbs 12:15

Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to advice.

Proverbs 16:25

Sometimes there is a way that seems to be right, but in the end it is the way to death.

Proverbs 30:12

There are those who are pure in their own eyes, yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

Romans 6:21

So what fruit did you then gain from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death.

Galatians 6:3

For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.

James 1:22

But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.