Proverbs 25:19
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
In Context
18A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:20And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.
Job 6:14To him who is ready to faint, kindness [should be] from his friend, even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:20They were put to shame because they had hoped. They came there, and were confounded.
Isaiah 30:3Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 36:6Behold, thou trust upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand, and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense no man came with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:19
18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Here, 1. The sin condemned is bearing false witness against our neighbour, either in judgment or in common conversation, contrary to the law of the ninth commandment. 2. That which it is here condemned for is the mischievousness of it; it is in its power to ruin not only men's reputation, but their lives, estates, families, all that is dear to them. A false testimony is every thing that is dangerous; it is a maul… Read the whole commentary →