Proverbs 12:26
יָתֵר מֵרֵעֵהוּ צַדִּיק וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּתְעֵֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
In Context
25דְּאָגָה בְלֶב ־ אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה ׃
27לֹא ־ יַחֲרֹךְ רְמִיָּה צֵידוֹ וְהוֹן ־ אָדָם יָקָר חָרֽוּץ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 18:12יָשֶׁת חֹשֶׁךְ ׀ סִתְרוֹ סְבִֽיבוֹתָיו סֻכָּתוֹ חֶשְׁכַת ־ מַיִם עָבֵי שְׁחָקִֽים ׃
Proverbs 14:22הֲֽלוֹא ־ יִתְעוּ חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וְחֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת חֹרְשֵׁי טֽוֹב ׃
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 →