Proverbs 14:12

New English Translation

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

Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

Jeroboam then thought to himself: “Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.

1 Kings 12:28

After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

Proverbs 16:25

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

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Luke 13:24

“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

Romans 6:21

So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Galatians 6:3

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

Ephesians 5:6

Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.

James 1:22

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.