Proverbs 12:26
The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
In Context
25Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
27He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.
Cross References
Psalms 18:12\18:11\He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Proverbs 14:22Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
Matthew 5:46For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?
James 1:13Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:
2 Peter 2:18For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:26
25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. Here is, 1. The cause and consequence of melancholy. It is heaviness in the heart; it is a load of care, and fear, and sorrow, upon the spirits, depressing them, and disabling them to exert themselves with any vigour on what is to be done or fortitude in what is to borne; it makes them stoop, prostrates and sinks them. Those that are thus oppressed can neither do the duty nor take the comfort of any relation, condition, or… Read the whole commentary →