Proverbs 14:12 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹² There is a way which seems right to a man, 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.

Proverbs 14:12 Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David;

1 Kings 12:28

So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Proverbs 30:12

There are those who are pure in their own eyes but are not cleansed of their filth.

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Romans 6:21

But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.

Galatians 6:3

For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.