Focused Passage

Proverbs 16:25

The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path

The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

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Verse 25

Original words

There is יֵ֤שׁ H3426 Adverb a way דֶּ֣רֶךְ H1870 Noun - common singular that seems right יָ֭שָׁר H3477 Adjective - masculine singular to לִפְנֵי־ H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct a man אִ֑ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular but its end וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ H319 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular is the way דַּרְכֵי־ H1870 Noun - common plural construct of death מָֽוֶת׃ H4194 Noun - masculine singular

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