Proverbs 25:26
The just falling down before the impious is like a fountain stirred up by feet and like a corrupted spring.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
In Context
25Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so too are good reports from a far away land.
Cross References
Genesis 4:8And Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go outside.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and he put him to death.
2 Chronicles 24:21And gathering together against him, they stoned him, beside the place of the king, in the atrium of the house of the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:18Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures? For you even trample with your feet upon the remainder of your pastures. And when you drank the purist water, you disturbed the remainder with your feet.
Matthew 26:69Yet truly, Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a maidservant approached him, saying, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”
1 Thessalonians 2:15who also killed both the Lord Jesus, and the Prophets, and who have persecuted us. But they do not please God, and so they are adversaries to all men.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:26
25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. See here, 1. How natural it is to us to desire to hear good news from our friends, and concerning our affairs at a distance. It is sometimes with impatience that we expect to hear from abroad; our souls thirst after it. But we should check the inordinateness of that desire; if it be bad news, it will come too soon, if good, it will be welcome at any time. 2. How acceptable such good news will be when it does come, as refreshing as cold water… Read the whole commentary →