Proverbs 25:26-26:8

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 25:26

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 25:26. Falling down—i.e., “yielding” or “wavering.” Corrupt. Rather “Ruined.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:26THE EVIL RESULT OF MORAL COWARDICEI. There can never be a good reason why a good man should waver or bow down before a bad man. Many reasons often exist why one bad man should fear another bad man, they are both on the wrong side, both arrayed againt the moral order of the universe, and therefore are on the weakest side, and cannot count upon the support of any... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:1-28

Chapter 25Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a period of national revival. Prior to Hezekiah, the kingdom had reached a low point. As Hezekiah began to reign, there was a real spiritual revival, and it was a national movement among the people. And as is true in all spiritual revivals, there is an interest, a concern and a returning to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 25:1-28

Proverbs 25:1 . These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out. Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the book, or third part commences here. The men or ministers of king Hezekiah were Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah, 2 Kings 18:26: also Isaiah, maternal grandson of king Amaziah. Isaiah 1:1. Proverbs 25:3 . The heart of kings is unsearchable. The actions of princes are like great rivers; all men see... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:26

Pro 25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. Ver. 26. A righteous man falling down before the wicked, ] i.e., Doing anything, though by mere frailty, unbeseeming his profession, or that redounds not to the scandal of the weak only, as Gal 2:11 but to the scorn of the wicked, as 2Sa 12:14 "is as a troubled fountain," &c., is greatly disgraced and prejudiced. What a blemish was it for Abraham to fall under the reproof of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 25:26

Genesis 4:8, 1 Samuel 22:14-Job :, 2 Chronicles 24:21, 2 Chronicles 24:22, Matthew 23:34-Haggai :, Matthew 26:69-Prayer of Azariah :, Acts 7:52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, Revelation 17:6 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:27 - his eyes 2 Samuel 4:11 - when wicked 2 Peter 2:8 - that read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 25:26

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.Falling — When righteous men are oppressed by the wicked, the state of that common-wealth is as deplorable, as if the publick fountains were corrupted. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:26

26. Falling down Slipping, wavering, tottering, or ready to fall. It is used of persons whose affairs are not prosperous who fail or are ruined in business. Some, however, understand it of moral lapses in the presence of the wicked. Troubled fountain As if trampled by the feet of beasts. Corrupt spring “A defiled well.” Conant. read more