{"id":3420,"date":"2016-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/there-is-a-way-that-seems-right-to-a-man-but-its-end-is-the-way-to-death-proverbs-1412-esv-2\/"},"modified":"2016-04-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T00:00:00","slug":"there-is-a-way-that-seems-right-to-a-man-but-its-end-is-the-way-to-death-proverbs-1412-esv-2","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/there-is-a-way-that-seems-right-to-a-man-but-its-end-is-the-way-to-death-proverbs-1412-esv-2","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death&#8221; (Proverbs 14:12 ESV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many today claim to have found a new and better &#8220;way.&#8221; Some say theirs is the way of freedom. Others claim their way is as good as any other. &#8220;Aren&#8217;t all ways the same?&#8221; They ask with a wink and a nod. Yet, God&#8217;s Word says that these &#8220;ways&#8221; only &#8220;seem right.&#8221; In reality, death lies just around the turn. Death by a thousand cuts: Death of a relationship, of a marriage, death of a desired future&#8230; and finally death of the body and the eternal death that follows. The way that seems right to man is paved like a highway, and seems attractive to follow, yet it concludes with a dead end of destruction. However, there is another way, a narrow way, that leads to life, yet few will find it (Matt. 7:13-14).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many today claim to have found a new and better &#8220;way.&#8221; Some say theirs is the way of freedom. Others claim their way is as good as any other. &#8220;Aren&#8217;t all ways the same?&#8221; They ask with a wink and a nod. Yet, God&#8217;s Word says that these &#8220;ways&#8221; only &#8220;seem right.&#8221; In reality, death lies just around the turn. Death by a thousand cuts: Death of a relationship, of a marriage, death of a desired future&#8230; and finally death of the body and the eternal death that follows. The way that seems right to man is paved like a highway, and seems attractive to follow, yet it concludes with a dead end of destruction. However, there is another way, a narrow way, that leads to life, yet few will find it (Matt. 7:13-14).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1287],"scripture-chapter":[1347],"oyb_day":[1646],"location":[],"class_list":["post-3420","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-proverbs","scripture-chapter-1347","oyb_day-april-29"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/3420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3420"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=3420"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=3420"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=3420"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}