Proverbs 14:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Proverbs 14:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A way ... - The way of the fool, the way of self-indulgence and self-will.

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a politica...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  seemeth right . is pleasing. It only "seems" right, Illustrations: Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12:27-33 ; 1 Kings 14:7-11 . Compare Proverbs 3:7 ); Josiah ( 2 Chronicles 35:20-24 ); Jews ( Acts 13:50 ; Jo...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 784 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE WAY OF SALVATION Proverbs 14:12 . There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death [Note: This was written a grea...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man - This may be his easily besetting sin, the sin of his consti...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man— This is an admonition of the weakness of men's judgments, and of all human counsels, which mistake much, and lead men frequently into ruin: "Shadows t...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  There is a way which seemeth right unto 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. Good inte...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, and yet he will be punished if he follows it, for his perverted conscience may arise from his desertion of God, and his refusal of the light He offere...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 14:7 . The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be aband...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. There is a way w...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM ‘There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.’ Proverbs 14:12 I. There are ways that lead to death. —Each of us ha...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man ,.... As the way of sin and wickedness does, it promising much carnal pleasure and mirth; there is a great deal of company in it, it is a broad road, an...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death. Ver. 12. There is a way that seemeth right unto a man. ] Sin comes clothed with a show of reason; Exo 1:...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man There are some evil actions or courses which men may think to be lawful and good, either through gross ignorance, or self-flattery, or through want of...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.       We have here an account of the way and end of a great many self-deluded souls. 1. Their...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  There are some evil actions or courses which men may think to be lawful and good, either through gross and affected ignorance, or through partiality or self-flattery, or through want of necessary dil...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  We Are To Follow The Ways Of The Wise And Shrewd, Not The Ways Of The Foolish ( Proverbs 14:7-16 ). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing so the shrewd man understa...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:12 WHAT SEEMS TO BE AND WHAT IS I. Human nature needs more light than is found in the human conscience . The way which “seems right unto a man” may be “the way o...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Proverbs 14:12 I. There are ways that lead to death. Each of us has come into contact with beings whom excesses have led to a premature end; others still occupy a place in the world, but their rui...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 14:1 . Every wise woman buildeth her house, as Proverbs 9:1 , by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of k...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Forelookings It seems strange that all the dangers of this mortal state should be concentrated upon man...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficia...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 12. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, the way of sin, at the outset, being apparently straight and smooth, but the end thereof, what it finally leads to, are the ways of death,...

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ephesians 5:6 ; Galatians 6:3 ; James 1:22 ; Luke 13:24 ; Matthew 7:13 ; Matthew 7:14 ; Proverbs 12:15 ; Proverbs 16:25 ; Proverbs 30:12 ; Romans 6:21

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• Proverbs 14:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Right — There are some evil courses which men may think to be lawful and good. The end — The event shews that they were sinful and destructive.

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