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Proverbs 25:26

Proverbs chapter 25 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.25Ascold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

v.26This passage

v.27It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 23:34

    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:

  • 1 Samuel 22:14

    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?

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15

    who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;

  • Ezekiel 34:18

    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?

  • Acts 7:52

    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;

  • Matthew 26:69

    Now Peter was sitting without in the court: and a maid came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilæan.