Proverbs 14:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
  • Prov 12:15 : 15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it. 14 For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:25
    93%

    25There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Prov 12:28
    83%

    28In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Prov 14:13
    79%

    13Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

  • Prov 15:24
    78%

    24Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

    15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Prov 21:2
    76%

    2Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

  • Prov 11:19
    76%

    19So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Prov 21:16
    76%

    16The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

  • Prov 21:8
    75%

    8Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

  • Prov 2:20
    74%

    20So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Prov 16:17
    74%

    17The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

  • Eccl 7:15
    74%

    15These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Prov 16:9
    74%

    9A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

    15Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Prov 14:11
    74%

    11The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Prov 14:32
    74%

    32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Ps 1:6
    74%

    6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Prov 15:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

    10There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

    11Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!

  • Prov 11:3-5
    3 verses
    74%

    3The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

    4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

    5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

  • Ezek 18:26
    74%

    26When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

  • Prov 20:24
    74%

    24A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

  • Prov 10:9
    74%

    9He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Prov 10:29
    74%

    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Ezek 33:18
    73%

    18When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

  • Prov 16:2
    73%

    2All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

  • Hos 14:9
    73%

    9As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

  • Jer 10:23
    73%

    23O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

  • Prov 5:21
    73%

    21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

  • Prov 2:18
    73%

    18For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 12:26
    73%

    26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Prov 19:16
    72%

    16He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Eccl 8:14
    72%

    14There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 7:2
    72%

    2It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

  • Prov 12:5
    72%

    5The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

  • Prov 15:19
    72%

    19Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

  • Prov 10:2
    72%

    2Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

  • Rom 3:16
    72%

    16Destruction and trouble are in their ways;

  • Prov 14:15
    72%

    15The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

  • Eccl 7:17
    72%

    17Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

  • Prov 10:16
    72%

    16The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 14:2
    72%

    2He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

  • Prov 2:9
    72%

    9Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.