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Proverbs 25:26

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[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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A righteous^H6662 man falling down^H4131 before^H6440 the wicked^H7563 is as a troubled^H7515 fountain^H4599, and a corrupt^H7843 spring^H4726.

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Original Hebrew

מַעְיָן נִרְפָּשׂ וּמָקֹור מָשְׁחָת צַדִּיק מָט לִפְנֵי־רָשָׁע׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מַעְיָ֣ן	ma'.Yan	H4599	HNcmsa	a spring
נִ֭רְפָּשׂ	Nir.pos	H7515	HVNrmsa	fouled
וּ/מָק֣וֹר	u./ma.Kor	H4726	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a fountain
מָשְׁחָ֑ת	ma.she.Chat	H7843	HVHsmsa	ruined
צַ֝דִּ֗יק	tza.Dik	H6662	HAamsa	a righteous (person)
מָ֣ט	mat	H4131	HVqrmsa	(who) sways
לִ/פְנֵֽי	li/f.nei-	H6440	HR/Ncbpc	(to)/ before
רָשָֽׁע	ra.Sha'	H7563	HAamsa	a wicked (person)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H4131 — מוֹט (môwṭ, mote): a primitive root; to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall; be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
• H4599 — מַעְיָן (maʻyân, mah-yawn'): or מַעְיְנוֹ; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה; from עַיִן (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction); fountain, spring, well.
• H4726 — מָקוֹר (mâqôwr, maw-kore'): or מָקֹר; from קוּר; properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny); fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H6662 — צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'): from צָדַק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).
• H7515 — רָפַשׂ (râphas, raw-fas'): a primitive root; to trample, i.e. roil water; foul, trouble.
• H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
• H7843 — שָׁחַת (shâchath, shaw-khath'): a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).

Cross References

Reciprocal references (3): 1 Samuel 14:27, 2 Samuel 4:11, 2 Peter 2:8

Related Topics

• Nave’s: FLATTERY, FOUNTAIN, RIGHTEOUS, SPRING

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