Proverbs 12:26
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor; but the way of the wicked leadeth them astray.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
In Context
25If there be care in the heart of man, let him suppress it; and a good word will change it into joy.
Cross References
Psalms 18:12(18:13) From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away, [with] hail-stones and coals of fire.
Proverbs 14:22Behold, those who contrive evil are in error; but kindness and truth attend on those who contrive what is good.
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 →