Proverbs 25:19
Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
Majority Standard Bible
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
18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:20Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:20They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
Isaiah 30:3But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
Isaiah 36:6Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged 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 →