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Sprueche 25:26

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26 Ein Gerechter, der vor einem Gottlosen fällt, ist wie ein getrßbter Brunnen und eine verderbte Quelle.

Sprueche 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.

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Sprueche 25:26 In-Context

24 Es ist besser, im Winkel auf dem Dach sitzen denn bei einem zänkischen Weibe in einem Haus beisammen.
25 Eine gute Botschaft aus fernen Landen ist wie kalt Wasser einer durstigen Seele.
26 Ein Gerechter, der vor einem Gottlosen fällt, ist wie ein getrßbter Brunnen und eine verderbte Quelle.
27 Wer zuviel Honig ißt, das ist nicht gut; und wer schwere Dinge erforscht, dem wird's zu schwer.
28 Ein Mann, der seinen Geist nicht halten kann, ist wie eine offene Stadt ohne Mauern.
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