Teks -- Proverbs 16:25 (NET)

16:25 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

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JFB: Pro 16:25

(Compare Pro 14:2).

Clarke: Pro 16:25 - There is a way that seemeth right

There is a way that seemeth right - This whole verse is precisely the same as that Pro 14:12.

Defender: Pro 16:25 - ways of death

See the same verse in Pro 14:12. This is an important truth."

TSK: Pro 16:25

Pro 12:26, Pro 14:12; Isa 28:15-19; Joh 7:47-49, Joh 9:40; Act 26:9; 2Co 13:5

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Poole: Pro 16:25

This whole verse was delivered before, Pro 14:12 , and is here repeated, partly for its great importance and usefulness to prevent that self-deceit which is so common and dangerous; and partly to keep men from leaning too much to their own understanding, and to oblige them to seek and receive the good counsels of wise and holy men.

PBC: Pro 16:25

What way is under consideration? Most certainly there are many ways that seem right to the natural man, but lead to death. Yet, all can be included in a way or one way. Jesus described it as the broad way that leads to destruction. {Mt 7:13}

It is easy to go through the wide gate and walk in the broad road. Just follow the leadership of the old flesh and you will be on that road. It is going downhill or down stream. Just go with the flow. It takes little effort.

However, there will be an end to your comfortable ride. There will come a time when the pleasures of sin are completely gone. Death and destruction are most surely found at the end of the way that seems right to the flesh! In the long run, it will be much more advantageous to struggle along the narrow way that leads to an abundant life in fellowship with the Lord.

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Gill: Pro 16:25 - 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 is said in Pro 14:12, and is here repeated because of the excellence, importance, and usefulness of the observation, and to excite an attention to it; that men may be more diligent to look into their ways, and be more cautious where and how they walk, and be more considerate and thoughtful of the issue of them. See Gill on Pro 14:12.