Proverbs 12:26
The righteous showeth the way to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked leadeth them astray.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
In Context
25Anxiety in the heart of a man boweth it down; But a kind word maketh it glad.
Cross References
Psalms 18:12At the brightness before him, his thick clouds passed away; Then came hailstones and coals of fire.
Proverbs 14:22Do not they who devise evil fail of their end? But they who devise good meet with kindness and truth.
Matthew 5:46For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?
James 1:13Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth no one.
2 Peter 2:18For speaking great swelling words of vanity, they allure in the lusts of the flesh, by dissolute ways, such as were in some measure escaping from those who live in error;
Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, who deceiveth the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast 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 →