There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof (are) the ways of death. The same maxim repeated from Proverbs 14:12, in a different connection (cf. Philippians 3:1). Here it is to warn us that not all words are truly "pleasant words" which seem so to us (Proverbs 16:24). We must therefore willingly give ear to the words of the wise, and not lean upon our own judgment.