Proverbs 16:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁵ Sometimes there is a way that seems to be right, but in the end it is the way to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ There is a way that 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)

²⁵ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Common English Bible

²⁵ There is a path that may seem straight to someone, but in the end it is the path of death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ There is a way which seems right to a man, and its end result leads to death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 16:25 Cross References

Proverbs 12:15

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

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous are released from misfortune, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 14:12

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

Proverbs 16:26

The appetite of workers works for them; their hunger urges them on.

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?”

Acts 26:9

“Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test!