There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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Proverbs 14:10-14
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14:12 // 16:25 The right choice is not always the one that seems right on the surface (see Matt 7:13-14).
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There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
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