Proverbs Chapter 12 verse 26 Holy Bible
The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
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The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.
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The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.
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The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
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A righteous person is cautious in friendship, But the way of the wicked leads them astray.
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The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
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Proverbs 12 : 26 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour. This rendering has the authority of the Chaldee, and would signify that a good man is superior to others morally and socially, is more respected and stands higher, though his worldly position be inferior. But the clause is better translated, The just man is a guide to his neighbour, directs him in the right way; as the Syriac puts it, "gives good counsel to his friend." Septuagint, "The righteous wise man (ἐπιγνώμων) will be a friend to himself;" Vulgate, "He who regards not loss for a friend's sake is righteous," which is like Christ's word, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). Hitzig, Delitzsch, and others, reading differently, translate, "A just man spieth out (or, looketh after) his pasture; i.e. he is not like the sinner, hampered and confined by the chain of evil habits and associations, but is free to follow the lead of virtue, and to go whither duty and his own best interests call him. This gives a very good sense, and makes a forcible antithesis with the succeeding clause. But the way of the wicked seduceth them; "causes them, the wicked, to err." Far from guiding others aright, the wicked, reaping the moral consequences of their sin, drift hopelessly astray themselves. Before the last clause some manuscripts of the Septuagint add, "But the judgments of the wicked are harsh; evils shall pursue sinners" (Proverbs 13:21). The whole is probably a gloss.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour.--Though, perhaps, inferior to him in worldly advantages. Or, it may signify, the just man is a guide to his neighbour, showing him "the way wherein he should walk;" the wicked, on the other hand, so far from guiding others, himself helplessly wanders.
