Proverbs 25:26
[ As] a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, [So is] a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
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- Gen 4:8 : 8 And Cain told 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.
- 1 Sam 22:14-18 : 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house? 15 Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more. 16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. 17 And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah. 18 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 he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
- 2 Chr 24:21-22 : 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.
- Ezek 32:2 : 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
- Ezek 34:18-19 : 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 19 And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
- Matt 23:34-37 : 34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
- Matt 26:69-74 : 69 Now Peter was sitting without in the court: and a maid came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilaean. 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another [maid] saw him, and saith unto them that were there, This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man. 73 And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Of a truth thou also art [one] of them; for thy speech maketh thee known. 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.
- Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
- 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;
- Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.
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5 To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
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11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
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26 The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
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27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
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10 Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.
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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
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16 When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth; But the righteous shall look upon their fall.
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11 Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter?
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20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
- Prov 13:5-62 verses73%
5 A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
6 Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
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7 As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
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16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
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16 How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
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8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.
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7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
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19 The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
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12 The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.
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3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
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28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
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29 A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.
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32 The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
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28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
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3 A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?
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6 Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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26 When the righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth therein; in his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
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6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
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11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
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25 When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
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6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
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26 Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.
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23 The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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23 A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
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19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is [like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
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15 [ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
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33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
34 A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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8 The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
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12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit] .
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12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
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18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous [cometh] in the stead of the upright.
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18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.