Proverbs 25:19
Whoever sets his hopes on the unfaithful in a day of anguish is like a rotten tooth and weary foot,
Catholic Public Domain 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 speaks false testimony against his neighbor is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:20And he led against him Tilgath-pilneser, the king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him and laid waste to him, without resistance.
Job 6:14He who takes away mercy from his friend, abandons the fear of the Lord.
Job 6:20They have been thrown into confusion, just as I had hoped; they have even come to me and are overwhelmed with shame.
Isaiah 30:3And so, the strength of Pharaoh will be your confusion, and trust in the shadow of Egypt will be your disgrace.
Isaiah 36:6Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, in that broken staff of a reed. But if a man were to lean against it, it would enter his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone abandoned me. May it not be counted against 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 →