Proverbs 12:26
The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked will deceiue them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
In Context
25Heauines in the heart of man doeth bring it downe: but a good worde reioyceth it.
Cross References
Psalms 18:12At the brightnes of his presence his clouds passed, haylestones and coles of fire.
Proverbs 14:22Doe not they erre that imagine euill? but to them that thinke on good things, shalbe mercie and trueth.
Matthew 5:46For if ye loue them, which loue you, what rewarde shall you haue? Doe not the Publicanes euen the same?
James 1:13Let no man say when hee is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God can not bee tempted with euill, neither tempteth he any man.
2 Peter 2:18For in speaking swelling wordes of vanitie, they beguile with wantonnesse through the lusts of the flesh them that were cleane escaped from them which are wrapped in errour,
Revelation 12:9And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuil and Satan, was cast out, which deceiueth all the world: he was euen cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out 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 →