Proverbs 14:12

World English Bible (2000)

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
  • Prov 12:15 : 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. 14 How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 16:25
    93%

    25There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 12:28
    83%

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

  • Prov 14:13
    79%

    13Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

  • Prov 15:24
    78%

    24The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

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

  • Prov 21:2
    76%

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

  • Prov 11:19
    76%

    19He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

  • Prov 21:16
    76%

    16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • Prov 21:8
    75%

    8The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

  • Prov 2:20
    74%

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

  • Prov 16:17
    74%

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

  • Eccl 7:15
    74%

    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

  • Prov 16:9
    74%

    9A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

    15Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

  • Prov 14:11
    74%

    11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Prov 14:32
    74%

    32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Ps 1:6
    74%

    6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 15:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

    10There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

    11Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh-- how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

  • Prov 11:3-5
    3 verses
    74%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

    4Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

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

  • Ezek 18:26
    74%

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

  • Prov 20:24
    74%

    24A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

  • Prov 10:9
    74%

    9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 10:29
    74%

    29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ezek 33:18
    73%

    18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.

  • Prov 16:2
    73%

    2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

  • Hos 14:9
    73%

    9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

  • Jer 10:23
    73%

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

  • Prov 5:21
    73%

    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

  • Prov 2:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

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

  • Prov 12:26
    73%

    26A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 19:16
    72%

    16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

    3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Eccl 8:14
    72%

    14There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 7:2
    72%

    2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

  • Prov 12:5
    72%

    5The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

  • Prov 15:19
    72%

    19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

  • Prov 10:2
    72%

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

  • Rom 3:16
    72%

    16Destruction and misery are in their ways.

  • Prov 14:15
    72%

    15A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

  • Eccl 7:17
    72%

    17Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

  • Prov 10:16
    72%

    16The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 14:2
    72%

    2He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

  • Prov 2:9
    72%

    9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.