Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 14:12
Right — There are some evil courses which men may think to be lawful and good. The end — The event shews that they were sinful and destructive.
Right — There are some evil courses which men may think to be lawful and good. The end — The event shews that they were sinful and destructive.
Verse Proverbs 14:12. _THERE IS A WAY WHICH SEEMETH RIGHT UNTO A MAN_] This may be his _easily besetting sin_, the _sin of his constitution_, the _sin of his trade_. Or it may be _his own false views...
A WAY ... - The way of the fool, the way of self-indulgence and self-will....
CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish i...
PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
SEEMETH RIGHT. is pleasing. It only "seems" right, Illustrations: Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:27; 1 Kings 14:7. Compare Proverbs 3:7); Josiah ...
DISCOURSE: 784 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE WAY OF SALVATION Proverbs 14:12. _There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death_ [Note: This was written a great many...
THERE IS A WAY WHICH SEEMETH RIGHT UNTO A MAN— This is an admonition of the weakness of men's judgments, and of all human counsels, which mistake much, and lead men frequently into ruin: "Shadows too...
CHAPTER 14 TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. 2. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that i...
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 UNTO A MAN; BUT THE END THEREOF (ARE) THE WAYS OF DEATH. Good intentions...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
He mistakenly thinks that the path of self-indulgence leads to lasting prosperity....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 V1 The wise woman builds her house. The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
Different people have many ideas and many theories. In this verse, Solomon describes our lives, and not just our journeys. On a journey, if a man chooses the wrong road, he might be in danger. Thieve...
THERE IS A WAY WHICH SEEMETH RIGHT UNTO A MAN, and yet he will be punished if he follows it, for his perverted conscience may arise from his desertion of God, and his refusal of the light He offered....
יֵ֤שׁ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יָ֭שָׁר לִ פְנֵי ־אִ֑ישׁ וְ֝
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
Death. How many, under the garb of piety, follow their passions! How many are misled by their singularity, or by unskilful directors! (Calmet) --- We must suspect our own judgment. (Menochius) --- If...
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. There is a way wh...
_THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM_ ‘There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.’ Proverbs 14:12 I. THERE ARE WAYS THAT LEAD TO DEATH.—Each of us has come...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THERE IS A WAY WHICH SEEMETH RIGHT UNTO A MAN,.... As the way of sin and wickedness does, it promising much carnal pleasure and mirth; there is a great deal of company in it, it is a broad road, and i...
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death. Ver. 12. _There is a way that seemeth right unto a man._] Sin comes clothed with a show of reason; Exo 1:10...
_There is a way which seemeth right unto a man_ There are some evil actions or courses which men may think to be lawful and good, either through gross ignorance, or self-flattery, or through want of n...
V. 12. THERE IS A WAY WHICH SEEMETH RIGHT UNTO A MAN, the way of sin, at the outset, being apparently straight and smooth, BUT THE END THEREOF, what it finally leads to, ARE THE WAYS OF DEATH, for tra...
There are some evil actions or courses which men may think to be lawful and good, either through gross and affected ignorance, or through partiality or self-flattery, or through want of necessary dili...
Proverbs 14:12 is H3426 way H1870 right H3477 to H6440 man H376 end H319 way H1870 death H4194...
WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WISE AND SHREWD, NOT THE WAYS OF THE FOOLISH (PROVERBS 14:7). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing so the shrewd man understands his w...
Proverbs 14:12 I. There are ways that lead to death. Each of us has come into contact with beings whom excesses have led to a premature end; others still occupy a place in the world, but their ruined...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1, by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
_There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death._ FORELOOKINGS It seems strange that all the dangers of this mortal state should be concentrated upon man. Th...
AT THE CROSS-ROADS There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death. Proverbs 14:12. Two gentlemen were once cycling in Normandy, the home, you will remember,...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:8 This section begins and ends with contrasts between the PRUDENT (vv. Proverbs 14:8,...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:12_ WHAT SEEMS TO BE AND WHAT IS I. HUMAN NATURE NEEDS MORE LIGHT THAN IS FOUND IN THE HUMAN CONSCIENCE. The way which “seems right unto a man” may be “the way of deat...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναι...
Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil. Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1) And wise and foolish contrasted always, too. Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1): She takes care...
Ephesians 5:6; Galatians 6:3; James 1:22; Luke 13:24; Matthew 7:13;...