Proverbs 25:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁶ A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ A righteous man falling down before the wicked Is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring is a righteous man who yields, falls down, and compromises his integrity before the wicked.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

Common English Bible

²⁶ A righteous person giving in to the wicked is like a contaminated spring or a polluted fountain.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ The just falling down before the impious is like a fountain stirred up by feet and like a corrupted spring.

Proverbs 25:26 Cross References

Genesis 4:8

Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let’s go out to the field.’  And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Ezekiel 32:2

‘Son of man, lament  for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, “You compare yourself to a lion of the nations, but  you are like a monster  , in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churn up the waters with your feet, and muddy the   rivers.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute?  They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers  you have now become.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed the Lord Jesus  and the prophets and persecuted us.  They displease God and are hostile to everyone,

Revelation 17:6

Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus.  When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.