Proverbs 25:26
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.”
צַדִּיק
The blessed man is not the one who has never fallen — it is the one who knows where not to stand, not to walk, not to sit. Righteousness in the Psalms is relational — it is being in right standing with God, walking in step with Him, rooted in His word like a tree by water.
רָשָׁע
a wicked person
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רָשָׁע
Wicked, ungodly. Rasha. One who is morally wrong and opposed to God. God's mercy is available to anyone who repents.
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מַעְיָן
a spring
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מַעְיָן
a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
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שָׁחַת
ruined
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שָׁחַת
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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מוֹט
who sways
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מוֹט
to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall
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רָפַשׂ
fouled
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רָפַשׂ
to trample, i.e. roil water
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