# Proverbs 14.12 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 10. The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy. 11. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish. > > **12. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.** > > 13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness. 14. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man shall be satisfied from himself. (Proverbs 14:10-14, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 10. The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger. 11. The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish. > > **12. There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.** > > 13. Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness. 14. The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways. (Proverbs 14:10-14, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 10. The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. his own: Heb. the bitterness of his soul 11. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. > > **12. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.** > > 13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 14. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. (Proverbs 14:10-14, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 10. The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle. 11. The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth. > > **12. There is a way, right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.** > > 13. Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction. 14. From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man, from his fruits. (Proverbs 14:10-14, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Intersubjective Morality Defeater](/codex/intersubjective-morality-defeater/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.