"A righteous man falling down before the wicked {is as} a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring." — Proverbs 25:26

Proverbs 25:26 · KJV

“A righteous man falling down before the wicked {is as} a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.”

— Proverbs 25:26

Verse 25

{As} cold waters to a thirsty soul, so {is} good news from a far country.

Verse 27

{It is} not good to eat much honey: so {for men} to search their own glory {is not} glory.

Proverbs 25 — Context

{It is} better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

{As} cold waters to a thirsty soul, so {is} good news from a far country.

A righteous man falling down before the wicked {is as} a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

{It is} not good to eat much honey: so {for men} to search their own glory {is not} glory.

He that {hath} no rule over his own spirit {is like} a city {that is} broken down, {and} without walls.

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:18-19

{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?

1 Samuel 22:14-18

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 Thessalonians 2:15

Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: {persecuted us: or, chased us out}

Matthew 26:69-74

But he denied before {them} all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

Ezekiel 32:2

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou {art} as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. {whale: or, dragon}

Genesis 4:8

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

Matthew 23:34-37

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: