Proverbs 25:19

(As) A rotten tooth, and a faint foot is he, that hopeth on an unfaithful man in the day of anguish, (Like a rotten tooth, and a faint foot, is he, who hopeth on, or trusteth in, an unfaithful person on his day of anguish.)

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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

18(Like) A dart, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, ( is) a man that speaketh false witnessing against his neighbour.

20and loseth his mantle in the day of cold. Vinegar in a vessel of salt is he, that singeth songs to the worst heart. As a moth harmeth a cloth, and a worm harmeth a tree, so the sorrow of a man harmeth the heart. (Like him who taketh away a mantle on a cold day, and like vinegar in a vessel of salt, is he who singeth songs to an aggrieved heart. Like a moth harmeth a cloak, and a worm harmeth a tree, so a person’s sorrow harmeth his heart.)

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:20And the Lord brought against him Tilgathpilneser, king of Assyrians, that tormented him (or who tormented him), and wasted him, while no man against-stood (him).

Job 6:14He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the dread of the Lord. (He who taketh away love from his friend, forgetteth the fear of the Lord or abandoneth reverence for the Lord.)

Job 6:20They be shamed, for I hoped, (or They be ashamed, for they had hoped); and they came unto me, and they be covered with shame.

Isaiah 30:3And the strength of Pharaoh shall be to you into confusion, and the trust of the shadow of Egypt into shame. (But the strength of Pharaoh shall only bring you confusion, and thy trust in the shadow of Egypt shall only bring you shame.)

Isaiah 36:6Lo! thou trustest on this broken staff of (a) reed, on Egypt, on which if a man leaneth, either resteth, it shall enter into his hand, and shall pierce it; so doeth Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to all men that trust in him.

2 Timothy 4:16In my first defence no man helped me, but all forsook me; be it not areckoned to 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 →

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