Proverbs 25:19
Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 Tilgath Pilneeser king of Asshur came vnto him, who troubled him and did not strengthen him.
Job 6:14He that is in miserie, ought to be comforted of his neighbour: but men haue forsaken the feare of the Almightie.
Job 6:20But they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thither and were ashamed.
Isaiah 30:3But the strength of Pharaoh shalbe your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 36:6Loe, thou trustest in this broken staffe of reede on Egypt, whereupon if a man leane, it will goe into his hand, and pearce it: so is Pharaoh King of Egypt, vnto all that trust in him.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first answering no man assisted me, but all forsooke me: I pray God, that it may not be laide to their charge.
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 →