Proverbs 12:26
The tzaddik prevaileth advantageously over his neighbor, 1 but the derech resha'im leads them astray. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 lev ish causeth depression, 1 but a davar tov cheers it up. 1
Cross References
Psalms 18:12He made choshech His secret place; 1 His sukkah round about Him 1 was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 1
Proverbs 14:22Do they not go astray that plot rah? 1 But chesed and emes shall be to them that plan tov. 1
Matthew 5:46For if you have ahavah (love) for the ones who have ahavah for you, what sachar (reward) do you have? Even the mochesim (tax collectors) do that, don't they?
James 1:13However, let no one say, when he is tempted, “From Hashem I am being tempted,” for Hashem cannot be tempted to crave ra'ah (evil), and He Himself trips up no one with nisayon (temptation).
2 Peter 2:18Using high sounding words of hevel, they entice, with licentious ta'avot of the basar, the ones barely escaped from those living in toyus (error) and delusion.
Revelation 12:9And the great Dragon, that NACHASH HaKadmoni (Ancient Serpent) was thrown down, the one being called the Malshin (Informer, Accuser) and HaSatan, the one deceiving the whole inhabited world. He was thrown to ha'aretz (the earth) and the malachim of him were thrown down with him. + 12:9 Gn 3:1-7
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 →