2. But clearness that is gained by exclusion may cost too much. The servant of God deals tenderly with them, but at the same time points out the errors they have fallen into, and the importance of seeking salvation in another way. These "words fitly spoken" mean that these words come from a pure heart. A flame seems good to a moth; thin ice, safe to a heedless child; the mined road, sound to the hoodwinked general; the sparkling water, refreshing to one who knows not that the well from which it is drawn has been poisoned. THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN: "But 'things are not what they seem.' Choose ye the former alternative if ye please: but you must excuse me if I embrace the latter. God made … There are the self-confident who trust in their fancied rectitude. When the narrowing process begins it goes on, and self is always the most tempting centre; in fact, the only terminus. “I am right,” he exclaims, “or all these are wrong. There are many ways men can die, and each man’s own arrogant thinking is able to get him there easily and surely. The course becomes rugged and dreary, while on either hand ways open which are wide, verdant, and picturesque. Does God himself lay no stress on the exercise of faith? By way of terror to those whose way is not right, is not as it should be, however it may seem to themselves or others; the end of it will certainly be death; to that it has a direct and certain tendency. 25 There is a way which appears as right to a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death. Chapter 16. If we follow his teachings we shall be safe; but if we follow our own notions He makes no provision for our faults; we are left to suffer. Of course we cannot enter into all the cases which might be specified: it will be sufficient to notice two or three ways, which are the most commonly followed, and most fatal in their issue. If any urge the necessity of faith in Christ, they either contend, that, having been educated in the belief of Christianity, they have all the faith that is necessary; or they cut the matter short, and tell us in a word, “His faith cannot be wrong, whose life is in the right.” As to the idea of their salvation depending on the exercise of faith, they cannot for one moment endure it: nothing is too bad to be spoken of so preposterous an opinion: and all who maintain such a sentiment are set down as designing hypocrites, or as gloomy fanatics. Proverbs 16 Warnings about overconfidence, tact, and pride. Our sincere belief that we are right will not save us. V. Multitudes judge of the safety of a course on the principle that all is well that ends well. 3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. 3. “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.” Distrust appearances. ].” But Moses, and after him the Prophet Jeremiah, meet the case in the most pointed terms: “It shall come to pass,” says Moses, “when a man shall hear the words of this curse, and shall bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace though I walk in the imagination of my heart: the Lord will not spare him: but the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man; and all the curses that are written in this book shall come upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven [Note: Deuteronomy 29:19.].”. I. I mean one who is a strict observer of all the outward ceremonies of religion; the faithful adherent to her most minute forms. Put thy whole life into the keeping of God. We see here, the fruit of these lips come from a heart filled with the pureness of God. It may be called candour: but there is no such candour in the inspired volume. What shall we say then? Application: (1) Lean not to thine own understanding. This is a common and destructive perversion of truth. There is first light defied and then light debased. I know, it is fashionable with many to represent the doctrines of the Gospel as so abstruse and intricate that no one of common discernment can understand them. He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). But Jehovah had already stated they were to be slaughtered. 3. 2. 3. II. Let us then inquire what foundation there is for such a confidence. The person who labors, labors for himself, For his hungry mouth drives him on. ].” Lest we should mistake his meaning, he frequently enumerates the works of the flesh: “Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: these,” says he, “are the sins, of the which I tell you before, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God [Note: Galatians 5:19-21. They therefore confine their views to those objects of pursuit which it presents. 4. Some think it is repeated here on account of what precedes concerning persuasive speech, or the power of the tongue; as much as to say, there is never more need of caution than when we are listening to a moving orator, for he makes many things seem innocent which in themselves and in their results are deadly and destructive. His watch was wrong, after all. Now perhaps they would be glad to see some person, whose piety they have heretofore ridiculed as needless preciseness: but they are afraid, lest a conversation with him should confirm, rather than remove, their doubts and fears. Proverbs 16:25, KJV: "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." Having stood the judgment of his fellows, man supposes that be can stand the judgment of God. Proverbs 14.12 . This we had before, totidem verbis, in Proverbs 14:12; {See Trapp on "Proverbs 14:12"} And think not this a vain repetition; but know that it is thus redoubled, that it may be the better remarked and remembered. Can we conceive that God would falsify, in order to keep us within some decent bounds? Not all their splendid array, and sumptuous fare, and bowing menials, and princely estates, will save them from lifting up their eyes, being in torments. Vaughan, Children's Sermons, 1875, p. 71. All the ways of a … The law is one. After using the Bible as your first standard for right thinking, your next safeguard is to consult wise and successful men. There is a way that seems right to a man: Proverbs often speaks of the way, the path of life a man or woman walks upon. Having specified some of those ways which seem right to the generality of men, but will assuredly end in death, namely, the ways of gay licentiousness, proud unbelief, and cold formality, we would entreat you to contemplate the state of those who walk in them, at that period when they are about to be undeceived. Does not the way of self-protection seem to be right? The way remains where it is, and he chooses it and walks into it. Let us remember, that the assertions of men, however confident, are of no value, any further than they are founded on the word of God. Is this your perspective on life? VI. Proverbs 16:25 NKJV - There is a way that seems right to a - Bible Gateway. v. 25. II. To be regular in their attendance on public worship, to fulfil the duties of their station, and to do unto others as they would be done unto, this is enough for them, and more than this they utterly despise. The Bible is a fabulous gift from God to His children, for it contains the true wisdom of the infinitely wise God. ii., p. 121. This is a man’s personal opinion about a particular matter. Multitudes judge of duty by the standard of common practice and opinion, and therefore the way of death is thought to be right. "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." He divides the circle of the day; on one side he puts all his devotion, and thither he looks for comfort when conscience disturbs him for the follies so distinctly marked on the other side. ii., p. 156. A way that SEEMS right… his watch is right. (Christian Treasury. Commentary on Proverbs 25:16 (Read Proverbs 25:16) God has given us leave to use grateful things, but we are cautioned against excess. I. Multitudes judge of duty by the standard of their own moral sentiments and feelings, and therefore the way of death is thought to be right. Lean not to thine own understanding. The sacred volume is given them for their guide; and if they will follow their own delusions in preference to it, they must abide the consequences. God will say to them, “Well done, good and faithful servants: enter ye into the joy of your Lord.”, But if these views of a Christian’s duty be right, whence is it that the Christian course is represented in Scripture as so arduous, that the most “righteous persons are scarcely saved,” and with great difficulty? Whilst they are in health, and the world smiles upon them, their religion, such as it is, will suffice; and their confidence will bear them up. God knows the thoughts of men are vanity – worthless trash (Ps 94:11), and you should think the same of them – whether your own or another man’s (Ps 119:113). There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is … If man is teaching error why not burn him, or otherwise put a forcible end to his ministry? Put thy whole life into the keeping of God. II. and I will give you rest.” “Ye will not come unto me, that ye might have life.” To the same effect is the testimony of his Apostles: “Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” “There is not salvation in any other: there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we can be saved, but the name of Jesus Christ.”, What now shall we say to these things? III. Proverbs 16:32.—J. Proverbs 16:25. It means health to its possessor and safety to those who know what to expect. Christ would not suffer the unclean spirits to say that they knew him to be the Son of God. or does he speak of them in the same gentle terms? There has been error. When the foolish ideas of individual men are combined, they result in plural ways of death. We must “yield ourselves living sacrifices to him:” we must endeavour to “walk worthy of him;” and strive to the uttermost to “glorify him with our bodies and our spirits, which are his.” This is the holiness to which we are to attain; and “without this holiness no man shall see the Lord.”. Proverbs 17:8-15.—Ibid., p. 133. As for all that zeal and love and diligence in the service of the Lord Jesus which they behold in some few around them, they account it all a needless preciseness; and they impute it, for the most part, to ostentation or vanity in those who dare to maintain it. Solomon’s design in this proverb is, to condemn idleness, and to commend diligence, in a man’s calling; for his mouth craveth it of him — Hebrew, אכŠ עליו, boweth to him, namely, as a suppliant; beggeth him to labour, that it may have something put into … Commentary on Proverbs 16:26 (Read Proverbs 16:26) We must labour for the meat which endureth to everlasting life, or we must perish. In both Proverbs 14.12 and 16.25 we find the same words: “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” 2. I. Proverbs 25:11 "A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver." It is easy to put paint on paper, but it is aerial perspective that makes a picture. 1 Мы должны быть очень осторожными и, беспокоясь о своих душах, не обманывать самих себя, успокаивая тем, что кажется нам правильным, а на самом деле не так. Now permit me to ask, For what end are these things written? This belongs to us, not to circumstance. The only thing that will then be of any consequence, will be, whether we be approved of our God. 1. Men thus rise and sink in their apprehensions of God’s law, as they rise and sink in their own moral and spiritual attainments. There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (James Stewart.). This is the fatal error of mankind. 19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. ), "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.". Apples are fruit much desired and gold has to do symbolically with the purity of God. Ungodly men feel no need of it; they see no excellency in it; they consider it as unworthy of their attention; and they leave it as a proper field for the discussion of angry disputants, or the contemplation of wild enthusiasts. Then shall we be blessings to the generation in which we live, and shall attain that glory which ought to be the one object of our constant pursuit. To dispel these thoughts, they betake themselves to business or pleasure or company, or perhaps to strong drink: but in spite of all the means used to allay their fears, their suspicions will recur with greater force, and excite a wish to know the opinion of some one better informed than themselves: but they are afraid to suggest their doubts, lest they should create an alarm in the minds of others, and impress them with an unfavourable apprehension of their state. God has a certain fixed, and immutable, and holy law. To suppose that such indulgences, if restrained within moderate bounds, would subject a man to the wrath of Almighty God, would be considered as bordering on insanity: and every one is encouraged to regard such innocent liberties (as they are called) as perfectly compatible with a well-grounded hope of salvation. “O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in Me is thy help.”. Men of intellectual capacity are peculiarly prone to self-confidence. Proverbs 16:25. To warn us therefore of this greatest wickedness, it is that this sentence is reiterated. III. Proverbs 16:33.—Spurgeon, Morning by Morning, p. 354; F. Tholuck, Hours of Devotion, p. 141. There are rich men who delude themselves with the vain conceit that silver and gold, and the things which silver and gold procure, render them independent of God. 25a A way that seemeth right. Many suppose it was used, because the form or matter of the proverb, or both, involved the idea of comparison. This is the fatal error of mankind. This assertion of his is not to be understood of one particular way only: it is a general assertion, that is applicable to a great variety of cases, or rather, I should say, to every kind of way that is followed by man and condemned by God. Most men are too in love with their opinions to change, even if the Bible condemns their thoughts to be sinful and self-destructive. Here also we have shortsightedness, discrepancy of focus, stealthy cataract; the inflammation that makes light an agony; the eye that exaggerates and sees double, and that which makes everything seem insignificant and far away; and there is an eye that dotes on the dark end of the spectrum. The proverb's point is that humanity is frequently driven by blind self-deception or ignorance. The first clause describes one way of one man. There is only one way to heaven, and it is the Lord Jesus Christ apart from any man, priest, pope, or system. Be religious. It can lead you through any difficulty (Ps 119:105). Proverbs 16:25 (PROV 16:25) "THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMETH RIGHT UNTO A MAN, BUT THE END THEREOF ARE THE WAYS OF DEATH." Men fail of success because they adopt wrong principles. The travellers wish to deviate, and perceiving their guide determined to pursue his own course they leave him. Persons who have made considerable attainments in self-knowledge, are yet by no means free from this infirmity: the Apostles themselves, on more occasions than one, betrayed by their conduct, that “they knew not what spirit they were of.” Nor does this proneness to self-deceit discover itself only in relation to individual acts, wherein men may be supposed to be biassed either by their interests or passions: it extends itself to men’s whole character, and leads them to form a most erroneous judgment of their state: it leads them to “call evil good, and good evil; to put darkness for light, and light for darkness; to put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.” But it may be thought, that, if a man be deceived by his own heart, a less degree of criminality will attach to his actions, and he will have less reason to apprehend the displeasure of God. They suppose that they have acted their part well when they have escaped from the stage with approbation. Self-deceit is blinding and damning. My eye's view! Gladly would he go back for a moment to the world he has left, to warn his surviving friends, lest they also come into the same place of torment: but that cannot be admitted. Because every man is very vulnerable to arrogant thinking and errors, Solomon repeated this proverb to emphasize the value of its lesson (Pr 14:12; Phil 3:1). 3. ].” The general warning given by St. Paul is plainer still; “If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die [Note: Romans 8:13. How far does our own experience confirm the doctrine of the text? II. Believing as I do the word of God to be true, I must believe, and must exhort you also to believe, that they who make light of sin “shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” The drunkard, the swearer, the whoremonger, in short the careless sinner, may “think his ways right;” but, if there be any truth in the word of God, they shall end in death. What have those to do to declare God's statutes who hate instruction? There is only one criterion for truth and wisdom, and that is the will of God revealed in the Bible. So with the great temperance question of to-day. “Except Thy presence go with me, carry me not up hence.” (J. Parker, D.D.). Sin first defiles the principles and then the conduct. And once you commit yourself to a course of action, you are too proud to admit any error (Ps 36:2). . There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. What can be simpler? Perhaps they suggest the idea to their attendant, but are dissuaded from encouraging it: they are told with increasing confidence, that all is well with them. 2. Scripture: Proverbs 16:1-9. Formality is a slow but effectual poison; it is a dead and putrid carcass laid upon the altar of Him who demands a “living sacrifice.”. Does not the way of self-protection seem to be right? It decides the reputation; the fitness for any society; the relationship; the situation. Imagine a large company travelling through a gloomy forest, attended by a faithful and well-informed guide. Woe unto them who are thus at ease in Zion, who despise the warning contained in the text! But they soon learn the way they have chosen is full of dangers. Now it sees the weakness and futility of all its former hopes. It leads you to destruction, but you cannot detect you have lied to yourself, because you are in love with your thoughts (Pr 18:2; 26:12,16). That calls every thing by its proper name, and assigns to every thing its proper character: and the unbelief which is thought a matter of so much indifference by the world at large, is declared to be the infallible source of ruin to all who indulge it. Mark the self-confident man. (Scientific Illustrations. Many who have respect for the Gospel as a system, content themselves with yielding to it a bare assent; and persuade themselves that they receive it aright, even though they never are stimulated by it to any extraordinary exertions. An ungodly … Ps. The express declaration of God concerning them is, “The end of those things is death [Note: Romans 6:21.].”. The persons of whom we are speaking, particularly value themselves upon their moderation in religion: as though it were a virtue to love God moderately; to serve our Lord and Saviour moderately; and to seek the salvation of our souls moderately. But Proverbs 16 does. "The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil." Neither can believe he is in fault. There is a way that seemeth right unto a man. Play Audio: 1. May I make three comments about this verse, about these two identical verses, that has great applicability to … So far from condemning these things in their minds, the generality will laugh at those who are scrupulous enough to doubt the lawfulness of such courses: and if any one were bold enough to bear a decisive testimony against them, he would instantly be characterized by some opprobrious name. The individual error becomes a process and the process becomes a system. But what saith the Scripture to these things? Let this end then be kept in view: let us regulate our ways in reference to it: and let us both by precept and example endeavour to undeceive the world around us. (G. M. Mackie, M.A.). 4. A Way that Seemeth Right. This verse is exactly repeated at Pro 16:25. It is as if the way branched out into many ways, each one leading to death. thereof [are] the ways of death. ] There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. Does he represent the contemners of his Son as in the same predicament with those who receive him? Does he leave us at liberty to embrace or reject his Gospel as we please? Where they are obviously wrong there is no need for hesitation, but where probabilities are in their favour we must pause and consider. ́, and that of desire after nourishment, vid., at Proverbs 6:30; Proverbs 10:3). II. But the time is come for it to be undeceived. To a certain extent it is right; pressed unduly it becomes practical atheism. This is impracticable (James 2:10). 3. Pro 16:1. The allurements which seduced them vanish. It does not consist with constitutional bias; outward circumstances; the pursuits of life; formed habits; the energy of the nature; the idols of the heart. This was the religion of the Laodicean Church: they determined to guard against all extremes: they would not neglect the service of God altogether; nor would they, on the other hand, engage in it with all their might. IV. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof. The same is said in Proverbs 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 they walk, and be more considerate and thoughtful of the issue of them. Does God say nothing in his word respecting the issue of such ways? But when sickness comes, and they draw near to the chambers of death, a doubt will not unfrequently arise in their minds, whether they are prepared to meet their God. I think a lot of people answered the first part of your question on: There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. is it merely to alarm and terrify us? Again, errors of judgment are due to the fact that we give fixed measurements to things that are themselves in motion: growing larger or smaller, advancing or receding. The majority is in love with themselves and each other, but God considers their most noble thoughts to be an abomination (Luke 16:15). These rules make their worship vain (Matt 15:7-9). Mark the formalist. The next way to which I would call your attention, is that of proud unbelief. Solomon observed that this way often seems right to a man. Such language opposes the whole tenor of that religion which inculcates faith, patience, contrition, and self-denial, and leads to the grosset habits of the drunkard and the fornicator, concerning whom an apostle declares, “they shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”. Our difficulty in life is often with things that seem to be right. At length, however, they became tranquil. The business of currents, therefore, makes a considerable article in navigation, and the direction of their stream and their rapidity has been carefully set down. They are then answered in the most confident manner, that, as they have done no harm, and have been very attentive to their duties in life, they have no cause of fear. Does not the way of judging by appearances seem right? 4. The Hebrew word for "proverb" (mashal) means a "comparison." But the gospel has had no practical and saving efficacy upon their hearts. "Way" can be understood both as a narrow, single issue within one event or an entire package of values within a course of conduct. Others provide meals for men too lazy to work. There are many people who are in the "excuse making" business. Parents say, “Let him be a child; there will be plenty of time for work later,” meaning he should play all day. Does your church seem right because it is beautiful, large, or growing? Popular thinking on matters of truth and wisdom is always wrong. It often happens that when a ship gets unknowingly into one of these everything seems to go forward with success, the mariners suppose themselves every hour approaching their wished-for port, the wind fills their sails, and the ship’s prow seems to divide the water, but at last by miserable experience they find that instead of going forward they have been all the time receding. There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Few love equally every form of sin. Where are the great men of God, who will accept nothing but what is clearly laid out in Holy Scripture? Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death. Men may invent subtleties on any subject: and on this among the rest: but there is nothing here which is not plain and easy to the most common apprehension. Этот стих уже встречался нам раньше (Прит.14:12), но здесь он повторяется как истина, о которой необходимо поразмыслить еще раз. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Proverbs 16:25. It does not matter if the rules are conservative or liberal, or how romantic the concept. (R. Elton, D.D.). The culpablity of mistaken views. Now it sees that the representations which God had given in his word were true. Microscopic objects have no mist. “God is not in all his thoughts.” He tells us that, as we are sure only of the present, we need seek nothing higher than the gratification of our natural desires; that religion may perhaps serve as a lamp through the dark valley and shadow of death, but cannot fail, on the bright eminence of life, to appear unnecessary and obtrusive. 1. And fact is the chief thing. Illustrate from--, 3. Pleasant words are as a honey-comb - The honey of which is sweeter than that which has been expressed from it, and has a much finer flavour before it has come in contact with the atmospheric air. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the spirits. See that man who is just too late, or the other, who was sitting quietly at his breakfast when he heard the departing signal. Proverbs 16:25. We must therefore willingly give ear to the words of the wise, and not lean upon our own judgment. What does this passage tell us about living a life that is fulfilling and filled with God's blessings? This is the age of specialists; and one of the most important departments is that which deals with the eye and its defects. Many appear to think that this world is altogether insulated. No: not a syllable of this kind is to be found in all the sacred records. One man once asked a number of important men: "What is the meaning of life", and nobody seemed to have an answer. But God warns that such thinking leads to death. Shall we believe what the Lord Jesus Christ has so strongly affirmed? Instead of slaughtering and wasting all the good animals of the Amalekites, he would allow the people to keep them for an offering to Jehovah. They were received with due form into a Christian society. No: he says, “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot! 4. Is there a better way--a way which leadeth to life? Many, therefore, attempt to balance their deficiency, and imagined excess, in duty. Believe it or not, but this is how many are living their lives on today. We must first enquire what is meant by seeming to be right. V. Mark the subject of partial conviction, the man who mistakes remorse for repentance, and a state of alarm for the unfailing pledge of salvation. Does not the way of self-redemption seem right? 1. No one can give reasons to persuade you, because their ideas are inferior to yours. 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