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26A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Proverbs 25:26

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 26)

It is here represented as a very lamentable thing, and a public grievance, and of ill consequence to many, like the troubling of a fountain and the corrupting of a spring , for the righteous to fall down before the wicked , that is, 1. For the righteous to fall into sin in the sight of the wicked—for them to do any thing unbecoming their profession, which is told in Gath , and published in the str...

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