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Proverbs 25:26

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַעְיָ֣ןma'.Yana springH4599 →
נִ֭רְפָּשׂNir.posfouledH7515 →
וּמָק֣וֹרu.ma.Korand a fountainH4726 →
מָשְׁחָ֑תma.she.ChatruinedH7843 →
צַ֝דִּ֗יקtza.Dika righteous [person]H6662 →
מָ֣טmat[who] swaysH4131 →
לִפְנֵֽי־lif.nei-<to> beforeH6440 →
רָשָֽׁע׃ra.Sha'a wicked [person]H7563 →

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Ezekiel 34:18–19Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,1 Samuel 22:14–18Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?1 Samuel 14:27Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.2 Peter 2:8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—Genesis 4:8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.2 Chronicles 24:21–22But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.Matthew 26:69–74Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—Matthew 23:34–37Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’2 Samuel 4:11How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”

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