Proverbs 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 maxim repeated from , in a different connection (cf. ). Here it is to warn us that not all words are truly "pleasant words" which seem so to us (). We must therefore willingly give ear to the words of the wise, and not lean upon our own judgment.