Proverbs 25:26

Proverbs 25:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
• New International Version (NIV)Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A righteous man who falters before the wicked Is like a murky spring and a polluted well.

Context of Proverbs 25:26

24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. 25Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. 27It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory. 28Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.

Proverbs 25:26 word by word

מַעְיָ֣ן נִ֭רְפָּשׂ וּמָק֣וֹר מָשְׁחָ֑ת צַ֝דִּ֗יק מָ֣ט לִפְנֵֽי־רָשָֽׁע׃Read the interlinear

• Like a muddiedרָפַשׂrâphaώ · to foulH7515
• springמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
• or a pollutedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• wellמָקוֹרmâqôr mâqôr · fountainH4726
• is a righteous manצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• who gives wayמוֹטmôţ · to shakeH4131
• toפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563

Cross-references for Proverbs 25:26

• Genesis 4:8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
• 1 Samuel 22:14Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?
• 2 Chronicles 24:21But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
• Matthew 23:34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
• Matthew 26:69Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
• Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
• Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

Commentaries on Proverbs 25:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Falling down before - i. e., Yielding and cringing. To see this instead of stedfastness, is as grievous as for the traveler to find the spring at which he hoped to quench his thirst turbid and defiled.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26Verse 26 When the righteous are led into sin, it is as hurtful as if the public fountains were poisoned.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26A spring or fountain that provides fresh water gives life. When good people let the wicked control them, what was once life-giving becomes harmful.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. From troubled fountains and corrupt springs no healthy water is to be had, so when the righteous are oppressed by the wicked, their power for good is lessened or destroyed.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Proverbs 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings