Proverbs 16:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:12 : 12 ¶ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
  • Prov 12:15 : 15 ¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
  • Prov 12:26 : 26 ¶ The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
  • Acts 26:9 : 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
  • 2 Cor 13:5 : 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
  • Isa 28:15-19 : 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. 19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only [to] understand the report.
  • John 7:47-49 : 47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
  • John 9:40 : 40 And [some] of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

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    12¶ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

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  • Prov 12:28
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  • Prov 15:24
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    24¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19¶ As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16¶ The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

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    17¶ The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

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    1¶ The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.

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  • Prov 19:16
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    16¶ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10¶ Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Prov 2:18-20
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    18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

    19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.

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    24¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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    26When a righteous [man] turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

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  • Prov 16:26
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    26¶ He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24¶ Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

  • Jer 10:23
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    23O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

  • Eccl 7:15-16
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    15All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

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  • Prov 10:16-17
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    18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

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    23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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    27Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.

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    17Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.

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    26¶ The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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    25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

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