King James Version
Proverbs 25:26 in the King James Version says “A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.”
Proverbs 25:26 · KJV
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“fountain”
H4599a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
“spring”
H4726properly, something dug, i.e., a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda);
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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