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 in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. 25Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land. Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. 27It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one’s own glory. 28Like a city that is broken into and without walls Is a man who has no control over his spirit.

Proverbs 25:26 word by word

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

• trampledרָפַסrâphas · to stampH7511
• springמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
• pollutedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• wellמָקוֹרmâqôr mâqôr · fountainH4726
• Is a righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• who givesמוֹטmôţ · to shakeH4131
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563

Cross-references for Proverbs 25:26

• Genesis 4:8Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
• 1 Samuel 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king’s son-in-law, who is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house?
• 2 Chronicles 24:21So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the Lord.
• Matthew 23:34“Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,
• Matthew 26:69Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”
• Acts 7:52Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men,
• Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly.

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