Proverbs 25:19
The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day.
Brenton Septuagint
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
20a As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:20And there came against him Thalgaphellasar king of Assyria, and he afflicted him.
Job 6:14Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
Job 6:20They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.
Isaiah 30:3For the protection of Pharao shall be to you a disgrace, and there shall be a reproach to them that trust in Egypt.
Isaiah 36:6Behold, thou trustest on this bruised staff of reed, on Egypt: as soon as a man leans upon it, it shall go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt and all that trust in him.
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 →