There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it is the way of death.
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom shall turn back to the house of David;
And the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!
The way of a foolish one is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to advice is wise.
There is a way seeming right to a man’s face, but the end of it is the ways of death.
a generation pure in its own eyes, and not washed from its filth.
Strive to enter in through the narrow gate, for I say to you that many will seek to enter in and will not have strength.
Therefore what fruit did you have then over the things which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
For if anyone thinks to be something, he deceives himself, being nothing.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for through these the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience.
But become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.