Proverbs 16:25 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:25

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:25: This we had before (Pro 14:12), but here it is repeated, as that which is very necessary to be thought of, 1. By way of caution to us all to take heed of deceiving ourselves in the great concerns of our souls by resting in that which seems right and is not really so, and, for the preventing of a self-delusion, to be impartial in...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 16:25: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. The same is said in Pro 14:12, and is here repeated because of the excellence, importance, and usefulness of the observation, and to excite an attention to it; that men may be more diligent to look into their ways, and be more cautious where and how...
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 16:25: Pro 16:25 A group of six proverbs follows, four of which begin with אישׁ, and five relate to the utterances of the mouth. 25 There is a way which appears as right to a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death. This verse = Pro 14:12.