There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
Therefore the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise.
There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Strive to enter in at the narrow gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
What fruit had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
But be you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.