Proverbs 14:12 (BSB)

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

From Proverbs 14. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 14:12

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 14:12: We have here an account of the way and end of a great many self-deluded souls. 1. Their way is seemingly fair: It seems right to themselves; they please themselves with a fancy that they are as they should be, that their opinions and practices are good, and such as will bear them out.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 14:12: 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 is pleasant, and seems right, but it leads to destruction; so the way of the hypocrite and Pharisee that trusts to his own righteousness, and...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 14:12: end thereof--or, "reward," what results (compare Pro 5:4). ways of death--leading to it.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 14:12: Pro 14:12 12 There is a way that seemeth right to one, But the end thereof are the ways of death. This is literally repeated in Pro 16:25. The rightness is present only as a phantom, for it arises wholly from a terrible self-deception; the man judges falsely and goes astray when, without regard to God and His word, he follows only his own opinions.