Proverbs 16:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end are the ways of death.

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  • Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
  • Prov 12:15 : 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.
  • Prov 12:26 : 26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
  • Acts 26:9 : 9 I truly 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 you are in the faith; prove your own selves. Do you not know your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are reprobates?
  • Isa 28:15-19 : 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves: 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he who believes shall not act hastily. 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 annulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trampled down by it. 19 From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning it shall pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
  • John 7:47-49 : 47 Then the Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.
  • John 9:40 : 40 And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:12-13
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    93%

    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

  • Prov 12:28
    80%

    28In the path of righteousness there is life, and in its way there is no death.

  • Prov 15:24
    77%

    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 12:15
    75%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Prov 11:19
    75%

    19As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 21:16
    75%

    16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Prov 21:2
    75%

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • Prov 16:8-9
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    75%

    8Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

    9A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.

  • Prov 16:17-18
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    74%

    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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

  • Prov 16:1-2
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    74%

    1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

    2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

  • Prov 19:16
    74%

    16He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he who despises his ways shall die.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.

  • Prov 2:18-20
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    73%

    18For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead.

    19None who go to her return again, nor do they take hold of the paths of life.

    20That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 16:24
    73%

    24Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.

  • Ezek 18:26
    73%

    26When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

  • Prov 21:8
    72%

    8The way of the guilty is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Prov 16:26
    72%

    26He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Prov 20:24
    72%

    24A man's steps are of the LORD; how then can a man understand his own way?

  • Jer 10:23
    72%

    23O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

  • Eccl 7:15-16
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    72%

    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

    16Do not be overly righteous, nor make yourself overly wise; why should you destroy yourself?

  • Prov 10:16-17
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    72%

    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 15:19
    72%

    19The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.

  • Prov 11:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Prov 5:21
    71%

    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths.

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    71%

    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Ezek 33:18
    71%

    18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

  • Prov 5:23
    71%

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

  • Job 5:27
    71%

    27Behold this, we have searched it out, it is true; hear it, and know it for your good.

  • Prov 10:9
    71%

    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 10:2
    71%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 3:17
    71%

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

  • Prov 8:36
    71%

    36But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.

  • Prov 5:6
    70%

    6Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, so that you cannot know them.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 14:8
    70%

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 14:15
    70%

    15The simple believes every word, but the prudent man considers his steps carefully.

  • Prov 12:26
    70%

    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 7:25
    70%

    25Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths.

  • Prov 14:32
    70%

    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Ps 1:6
    70%

    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.