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Proverbs 16:25
Proverbs 16:25 is verse 25 of Proverbs chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
King James Version
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
World English Bible
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
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Proverbs 16:23–27 · Berean Standard Bible
23 The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
26 A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 12:26A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Isaiah 28:15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
Isaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
Isaiah 28:19As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
John 7:47“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
John 7:48“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
John 7:49But this crowd that does not know the law, they are under a curse.”
John 9:40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
Acts 26:9So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?