Proverbs 12:26
The righteous man guideth his neighbour, but, the way of the lawless, leadeth them astray.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
In Context
25When anxiety is in the heart of a man, one may bow him down, but, a good word, maketh him glad.
Cross References
Psalms 18:12Out of the brightness before him, his clouds rolled along, hail, and live coals of fire.
Proverbs 14:22Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, [be to] them who devise good.
Matthew 5:46For, if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? are not, even the tax-collectors, the same thing, doing?
James 1:13Let, no one, while tempted, be saying—From God, am I tempted,—for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one;
2 Peter 2:18For, great swelling words of vanity, uttering, they entice with carnal covetings—in wanton ways—them who are, well-nigh, escaping from the men who, in error, have their behaviour;
Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out,—the ancient serpent, he that is called Adversary and the Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable world,—he was cast to the earth, and his messengers, with him, were cast.
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 →