Proverbs 25:19
Trusting in unreliable people in times of trouble is like eating with a broken tooth or walking on a bad foot.
Free Bible 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
18Telling lies in court against a friend is like attacking them with a mace, or a sword, or an arrow.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:20So Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to Ahaz but attacked rather than helped him.
Job 6:14Anyone who isn't kind to a friend has given up respecting the Almighty.
Job 6:20but their hopes were dashed—they came and found nothing.
Isaiah 30:3But the protection of Pharaoh will be an embarrassment to you; hiding behind Egypt will only bring you humiliation.
Isaiah 36:6Now look! You're trusting in Egypt, a walking stick that's like a broken reed that will cut the hand of anyone leaning on it. That's what Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is like to everyone who trusts in him.
2 Timothy 4:16When it came to my first defense, no one stood up for me—everyone abandoned me. May they not be blamed for this.
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 →