Proverbs 25:19
Confidence in a boged in the yom tzarah 1 is like a shen ra'ah (bad tooth), and a regel out of joint. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:20And Tilgat Pilneser Melech Ashur came unto him, and oppressed him, but helped him not.
Job 6:14To him that is afflicted, chesed should be shown from his friend; 1 otherwise, he forsaketh the fear of Shaddai. 1
Job 6:20They were disappointed because of their bitachon; 1 they come there and are confounded. 1
Isaiah 30:3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, 1 and the refuge in the tzel of Mitzrayim your humiliation. 1
Isaiah 36:6Hinei, thou trustest in the mishenet (staff) of this broken reed, on Mitzrayim; whereon if an ish lean, it will go into his palm, and pierce it; so is Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim to all that trust in him.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first hitstaddekut (defense), no one came to be with me, but all forsook 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 →