Proverbs 25:26
As a troubled fountain, and as a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man falling before the wicked.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
In Context
25As cold water to the thirsty, So is good news from a far country.
27To eat much honey is not good; So the search of high things is weariness.
Cross References
Ezekiel 34:18Seemeth it a small thing to you to eat up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to drink of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
Matthew 26:69Now Peter was sitting outside in the court. And a maid-servant came to him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilaean.
1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and drove us out, and please not God, and set themselves against 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 →