Proverbs 12:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁶ The righteous is a guide to his neighbour: But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: But the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ The [consistently] righteous man is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked causes others to go astray.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Common English Bible

²⁶ The righteous offer guidance to their neighbors, but the path of the wicked makes them wander.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ He who ignores a loss for the sake of a friend is just. But the way of the impious will deceive them.

Proverbs 12:26 Cross References

1 John 2:26

These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray.

Proverbs 17:27

He that spareth his words hath knowledge: And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

Revelation 13:14

And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, who hath the stroke of the sword, and lived.

Psalm 16:3

As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

Proverbs 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: But the precious substance of men is to the diligent

Proverbs 16:29

A man of violence enticeth his neighbour, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.