Proverbs 25:19
Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.
World Messianic 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
18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:20Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and gave him trouble, but didn’t strengthen him.
Job 6:14“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:20They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
Isaiah 30:3Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 36:6Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held 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 →