Proverbs 14:12
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 vnto a man: but the end thereof are the wayes of death.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap.16.23.
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13¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
13¶ *Enter ye in at the strait gate, for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which goe in thereat:
14‖Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth vnto life, and few there be that finde it.
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Proverbs 14:12
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Third-person singular present form of seem, meaning to appear, be regarded, or be fitting.
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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Of that or those previously mentioned; of it or of them.
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14:11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
14:11The house of the wicked shall bee ouerthrowen: but the tabernacle of the vpright shall flourish.
14:12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
14:12*There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the end thereof are the wayes of death.
Selected passage14:13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14:13Euen in laughter the heart is sorrowfull; and the end of that mirth is heauinesse.