Proverbs 16:25

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 14:12 : 12 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.
  • Prov 12:26 : 26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.
  • Acts 26:9 : 9 For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
  • 2 Cor 13:5 : 5 Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?
  • Isa 28:15-19 : 15 Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue: 16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way. 17 And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters. 18 And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them. 19 Whenever they come through they will overtake you; for they will come through morning after morning, by day and by night: and the news will be nothing but fear.
  • John 7:47-49 : 47 Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas? 48 Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees? 49 But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed.
  • John 9:40 : 40 These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:12-13
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    12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

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

  • Prov 12:28
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    28 In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24 Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16 The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2 Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

  • Prov 16:8-9
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    8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

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

  • Prov 16:17-18
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    17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

    18 Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

  • Prov 16:1-2
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    1 The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

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

  • Prov 19:16
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    16 He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10 There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

  • Prov 2:18-20
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    18 For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

    19 Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

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

  • Prov 16:24
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    24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26 When 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 21:8
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    8 Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26 The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24 A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

  • Jer 10:23
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    23 O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

  • Eccl 7:15-16
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    15 These 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.

    16 Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

  • Prov 10:16-17
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    16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

    17 He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19 Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

  • Prov 11:4-5
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    4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

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

  • Prov 5:21
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    21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

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

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

  • Job 5:27
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    27 See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

  • Prov 3:17
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    17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 14:15
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    15 The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25 Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.