Proverbs 16:25
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There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.

Proverbs 12:26 He that neglecteth a loss for the sake of a friend, is just: but the way of the wicked shall deceive them.

Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.

Isaiah 28:15-19 For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected. . . .

John 7:47-49 The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced? . . .

John 9:40 And some of the Pharisees, who were with him, heard: and they said unto him: Are we also blind?

Acts 26:9 And I indeed did formerly think that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

2 Corinthians 13:5 Try your own selves if you be in the faith: prove ye yourselves. Know you not your own selves, that Christ Jesus is in you, unless perhaps you be reprobates?

Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
24Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.26The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.…
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.

Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.

Proverbs 16:26
The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

Lexicon
There is
יֵ֤שׁ (yêš)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

a way
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

that seems right
יָ֭שָׁר (yā·šār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3477: Straight, right

to
לִפְנֵי־ (lip̄·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

a man,
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

but its end
וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ (wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 319: The last, end, the future, posterity

is the way
דַּרְכֵי־ (dar·ḵê-)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of death.
מָֽוֶת׃ (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin


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

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

There are ways that seem to be right to a man, but the end of them looks to the depth of hell.

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

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

There is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

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

There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death.
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