Zhēnyán 25:26

26 Yì rén zaì è rén miànqián tuì sù , hǎoxiàng tāng hún zhī quán , lòng zhuó zhī jǐng .

Zhēnyán 25:26 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 25:26

A righteous man falling dozen before the wicked
Either falling into calamity and distress by means of the wicked man, through his malice and cunning, and which be seeing, rejoices at; or crouching unto him, bowing before him, yielding to him, not daring to oppose or reprove him; or falling into sin in his presence, which he ever after reproaches him for, and openly exposes him, so that his usefulness is lost; and especially if he joins with the wicked man in his course of living; and particularly if a civil magistrate, and acts unrighteously in his office: he [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring;
like a spring or fountain muddied with the feet of men or beasts; so that; he who was before as a clear spring of flowing water, a fountain of justice to his neighbours, from whom good doctrine and wholesome advice flowed, is now of no use by instruction or example, but the contrary.

Zhēnyán 25:26 In-Context

24 Néngkĕ zhù zaì fáng dǐng de jiǎo shang , bú zaì kuānkuò de fángwū yǔ zhēng chāo de fùrén tóng zhù .

25 Yǒu hǎo xiāoxi cóng yuǎnfāng lái , jiù rú ná liáng shuǐ gĕi kǒu kĕ de rén hē .

26 Yì rén zaì è rén miànqián tuì sù , hǎoxiàng tāng hún zhī quán , lòng zhuó zhī jǐng .

27 Chī mì guo duō , shì bù hǎo de . kǎo jiū zìjǐ de róngyào , yĕ shì kĕ yàn de .

28 Rén bù zhì fù zìjǐ de xīn , hǎoxiàng huǐhuaì de chéngyì , méiyǒu qiáng yuán .