12 (A)There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the ways of death.

13 Even in laughing the heart is sorrowful, [a]and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

14 The heart that declineth, [b]shall be satiated with his own ways: but a good man shall depart from him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:13 He showeth the allurement unto sin, seemeth sweet, but the end thereof is destruction.
  2. Proverbs 14:14 He that forsaketh God shall be punished, and made weary of his sins, wherein he delighted.

12 There is a way that appears to be right,(A)
    but in the end it leads to death.(B)

13 Even in laughter(C) the heart may ache,
    and rejoicing may end in grief.

14 The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,(D)
    and the good rewarded for theirs.(E)

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