Cross References A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot and a corrupted spring. Ezekiel 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharao the king of Egypt, and say to him: Thou art like the lion of the nations, and the dragon that is in the sea: and thou didst push with the horn in thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet, and didst trample upon their streams. Ezekiel 34:18 Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures? but you must also tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures: and when you drank the clearest water, you troubled the rest with your feet. Ezekiel 34:19 And my sheep were fed with that which you had trodden with your feet: and they drank what your feet had troubled. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot and a corrupted spring. Genesis 4:8 And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him. 1 Samuel 22:14-18 And Achimelech answering the king, said: And who amongst all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son in law, and goeth forth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thy house? . . . 2 Chronicles 24:21,22 And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king's commandment in the court of the house of the Lord. . . . Matthew 23:34-37 Therefore behold I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify: and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city. . . . Matthew 26:69-74 But Peter sat without in the court. And there came to him a servant maid, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean. . . . Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them who foretold of the coming of the Just One: of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men; Revelation 17:6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered, when I had seen her, with great admiration. Context More Proverbs of Solomon…25As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far country. 26A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot and a corrupted spring.27As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty shall be overwhelmed by glory.… Lexicon Like a muddiedנִ֭רְפָּשׂ (nir·pāś) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7515: To trample, roil water spring מַעְיָ֣ן (ma‘·yān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4599: A fountain, a source or a polluted מָשְׁחָ֑ת (mā·šə·ḥāṯ) Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin well וּמָק֣וֹר (ū·mā·qō·wr) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4726: Something dug, a, source, of happiness, wisdom, progeny) is a righteous man צַ֝דִּ֗יק (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous who gives way מָ֣ט (māṭ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4131: To waver, to slip, shake, fall to לִפְנֵֽי־ (lip̄·nê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face the wicked. רָשָֽׁע׃ (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person Additional Translations Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,'so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so is it unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man. A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous [man] that giveth way before the wicked. As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a turbid fountain, and a corrupt spring. Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked. 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