Bible verse
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
Proverbs 25:26 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 25.
22 For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
27 It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
KJV
A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
ASV
As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
ERV
As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
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