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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 25, Verse 26

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25
[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.
King James Version
A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
American Standard Version
[ As] a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, [So is] a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
New English Translation
Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.
World English Bible
Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
27
[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
28
He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.
1
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.
7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
8
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.