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Proverbs 25:26

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¶ A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

A righteous {H6662} man falling down {H4131} before {H6440} the wicked {H7563} is as a troubled {H7515} fountain {H4599}, and a corrupt {H7843} spring {H4726}.

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 34:18 (4 votes)

    [Seemeth it] a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

  • Ezekiel 34:19 (4 votes)

    And [as for] my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

  • 1 Samuel 22:14 (3 votes)

    Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who [is so] faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

  • 1 Samuel 22:18 (3 votes)

    And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

  • Matthew 23:34 (2 votes)

    Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:

  • Matthew 23:37 (2 votes)

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!

  • Matthew 26:69 (2 votes)

    ¶ Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.