Proverbs 25:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is like a troubled well, & a corrupt spring.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:8 : 8 Then Kain spake to Habel his brother; when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel his brother, and slewe him.
  • 1 Sam 22:14-18 : 14 And Ahimelech answered the King, and sayde, Who is so faithfull among all thy seruants as Dauid, being also the Kings sonne in lawe, and goeth at thy commandement, and is honourable in thine house? 15 Haue I this day first begun to aske counsell of God for him? be it farre from mee, let not the King impute any thing vnto his seruant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy seruant knew nothing of all this, lesse nor more. 16 Then the King sayd, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy fathers house. 17 And the King sayde vnto the sergeantes that stoode about him, Turne, & slay the Priestes of the Lorde, because their hand also is with Dauid, and because they knewe when he fled, and shewed it not vnto mee. But the seruantes of the King would not moue their hands to fall vpon the Priests of the Lord. 18 Then the King sayde to Doeg, Turne thou and fall vpon the Priests; Doeg the Edomite turned, and ran vpon the Priestes, and slewe that same daye foure score and fiue persons that did weare a linen Ephod.
  • 2 Chr 24:21-22 : 21 Then they conspired against him & stoned him with stones at the commandement of the King, in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Ioash the King remembred not the kindnesse which Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slewe his sonne; when he dyed, he sayd, The Lord looke vpon it, and require it.
  • Ezek 32:2 : 2 Sonne of man, take vp a lamentation for Pharaoh King of Egypt, and say vnto him, Thou art like a lyon of the nations and art as a dragon in the sea: thou castedst out thy riuers and troubledst the waters with thy feete, and stampedst in their riuers.
  • Ezek 34:18-19 : 18 Seemeth it a small thing vnto you to haue eaten vp the good pasture, but yee must treade downe with your feete the residue of your pasture? and to haue drunke of the deepe waters, but yee must trouble the residue with your feete? 19 And my sheepe eate that which yee haue troden with your feete, and drinke that which ye haue troubled with your feete.
  • Matt 23:34-37 : 34 Wherefore beholde, I send vnto you Prophets, and wise men, and Scribes, and of them ye shall kill and crucifie: and of them shall ye scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from citie to citie, 35 That vpon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed vpon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous, vnto the blood of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias, whome ye slewe betweene the Temple and the altar. 36 Verely I say vnto you, all these things shall come vpon this generation. 37 Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee, how often would I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathereth her chickins vnder her wings, and ye would not!
  • Matt 26:69-74 : 69 Peter sate without in the hall, and a maide came to him, saying, Thou also wast with Iesus of Galile: 70 But hee denied before them all, saying, I wote not what thou saiest. 71 And when hee went out into the porche, another maide sawe him, and sayde vnto them that were there, This man was also with Iesus of Nazareth. 72 And againe he denied with an oth, saying, I knowe not the man. 73 So after a while, came vnto him they that stoode by, and sayde vnto Peter, Surely thou art also one of them: for euen thy speache bewraieth thee. 74 Then began hee to curse himselfe, and to sweare, saying, I knowe not the man; immediately the cocke crewe.
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the Prophets haue not your fathers persecuted? & they haue slaine them, which shewed before of the comming of that Iust, of whome ye are now the betrayers and murtherers,
  • 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Iesus & their owne Prophets, & haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men,
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 And I sawe ye woman drunken with the blood of Saintes, and with the blood of the Martyrs of Iesvs: and when I sawe her, I wondred with great marueile.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:15-16
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    15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

    16For a iust man falleth seuen times, and riseth againe: but the wicked fall into mischiefe.

  • Prov 18:4-5
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    4The words of a mans mouth are like deepe waters, and the welspring of wisdome is like a flowing riuer.

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  • Prov 25:25
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    25As are the colde waters to a weary soule, so is good newes from a farre countery.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of a righteous man is a welspring of life: but iniquitie couereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.

    6The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked will deceiue them.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shal fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall: but the righteous shall florish as a leafe.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth: but ye righteous shall see their fall.

  • Jas 3:11
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    11Doeth a fountaine send forth at one place sweete water and bitter?

  • Isa 57:20
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    20But the wicked are like the raging sea, that can not rest, whose waters cast vp myre and dirt.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5A righteous man hateth lying wordes: but the wicked causeth slander and shame.

    6Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.

  • Jer 6:7
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    7As the fountaine casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her malice: crueltie and spoyle is continually heard in her before me with sorowe and strokes.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

  • Job 15:16
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    16How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?

  • Prov 11:8
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    8The righteous escapeth out of trouble, and the wicked shall come in his steade.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7God ouerthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3A man cannot be established by wickednesse: but the roote of the righteous shall not be mooued.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When the wicked rise vp, men hide them selues: but when they perish, ye righteous increase.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.

  • Prov 5:15-16
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    15Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well.

    16Let thy fountaines flow foorth, and the riuers of waters in the streetes.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are vpon the head of the righteous: but iniquitie shall couer the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26For when a righteous man turneth away from his righteousnes, and committeth iniquitie, he shall euen die for the same, he shal euen die for his iniquitie, that he hath done.

  • Prov 29:6
    70%

    6In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.

  • Prov 11:11
    70%

    11By the blessing of the righteous, the citie is exalted: but it is subuerted by the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 10:25
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    25As the whirlewinde passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is as an euerlasting foundation.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 17:26
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    26Surely it is not good to condemne the iust, nor that ye princes should smite such for equitie.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Prov 25:19
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    19Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.

  • Prov 28:15
    70%

    15As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.

  • Ps 107:33-34
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    33He turneth the floodes into a wildernesse, and the springs of waters into drinesse,

    34And a fruitfull land into barrennes for the wickednes of them that dwell therein.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The wicked desireth the net of euils: but the roote of the righteous giueth fruite.

  • Prov 28:12
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    12When righteous men reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked come vp, the man is tried.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked shalbe a ransome for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18He that walketh vprightly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in his wayes, shall once fall.