As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so [is it] unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man.
KJV
Proverbs 25:26
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Parallel Translations
As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so [is it] unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man.
Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Cross References
Ezekiel 34:18–191 Thessalonians 2:151 Samuel 22:14–18Genesis 4:8Matthew 23:34–37Revelation 17:6Acts 7:52Matthew 26:69–74Ezekiel 32:22 Chronicles 24:21–22
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