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

24It is better to live on the roof of your house than to live with a wife who always argues. 25If you receive good news from a far away country, it is like cool water when you are tired and thirsty. If you put dirt in a well, its good water becomes bad. It is the same with a righteous person who agrees to do wicked things. 27It is bad for you to eat too much honey. If you always want people to praise you, it is also bad for you. 28Somebody who cannot control his anger is in danger. He is like a city that no longer has a strong wall round it.

Proverbs 25:26 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• A righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• man falling downמוֹטmôţ · to shakeH4131
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• a troubledרָפַשׂrâphaώ · to foulH7515
• fountainמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
• and a corruptשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• springמָקוֹרmâqôr mâqôr · fountainH4726

Cross-references for Proverbs 25:26

• Genesis 4:8One day Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘We should go out to the fields.’ While they were in the fields, Cain attacked his brother Abel. He killed Abel.
• 1 Samuel 22:14Ahimelech answered the king, ‘David is the most faithful servant that you have. He is your daughter's husband. He is the captain of the soldiers who keep you safe. Everyone in your house respects him.
• 2 Chronicles 24:21The people decided to punish Zechariah. The king gave a command to punish him with death. So they threw stones at him to kill him in the yard of the Lord's temple.
• Matthew 23:34So listen to this. God says, “I will send prophets to you. I will also send to you people who know many things. And I will send people to teach you what is true. But you will kill some of these people. You will kill some of them on a cross. In the places where you meet to pray, you will hit some of them with whips. They will run from one town to another town, but you will follow them.”
• Matthew 26:69While all these things were happening, Peter was sitting outside in the yard. One of the girls who worked there went to him and she said, ‘You were also a friend of Jesus, the man from Galilee.’
• Acts 7:52Your ancestors did bad things to every prophet that God sent to them. They even killed the prophets who told them about the Righteous Man that God would send. Now you have given that Man to his enemies. You have made them kill him.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15People like that even killed the Lord Jesus. They killed God's prophets, too. They also did bad things against us, so that we had to leave their towns. They make God become angry. They are enemies of all people,
• Revelation 17:6I saw that the woman was like a drunk. She was like someone who had drunk the blood of God's people. She had killed them because they had told other people about Jesus. When I saw her, I was very surprised.

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