Proverbs 25:26

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • Gen 4:8 : 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.
  • 1 Sam 22:14-18 : 14 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? 15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew 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 footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. 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 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 the LORD. 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, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
  • Ezek 32:2 : 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.
  • Ezek 34:18-19 : 18 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? 19 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.
  • Matt 23:34-37 : 34 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: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 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!
  • Matt 26:69-74 : 69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. 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 said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. 73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
  • Acts 7:52 : 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:
  • 1 Thess 2:15 : 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:
  • 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 great admiration.

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    15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

    16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  • Prov 18:4-5
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    4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

    5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

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

  • 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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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 transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

  • 26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

  • 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

  • 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

  • 16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

  • 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

  • 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

    6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • 7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

  • 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

  • 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • 7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • 19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  • 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

  • 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • 29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

  • 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

  • 3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • Prov 5:15-16
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    15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

    16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

  • 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

  • 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • 11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

  • 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

  • 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • 26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

  • 23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

  • 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

  • 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

  • Ps 107:33-34
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    33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

    34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

  • 8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

  • 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

  • 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.