Proverbs 25:19

Proverbs 25:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
• New International Version (NIV)Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.

Context of Proverbs 25:19

17Do not visit your neighbour's house too often. He may see you too much and he will start to hate you. 18Some people may tell lies about their neighbour in court. Those people are like dangerous weapons, like sharp swords or arrows. If you are in trouble and you trust someone who is not honest, it will not help you. He will be as useless as a bad tooth or a broken leg. 20If you sing to a very sad man to make him happy, it only gives him more pain. It is like you are taking away his coat on a cold day, or you are putting vinegar on his wound. 21If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat. If he is thirsty, give him some water to drink.

Proverbs 25:19 word by word

שֵׁ֣ן רֹ֭עָה וְרֶ֣גֶל מוּעָ֑דֶת מִבְטָ֥ח בּ֝וֹגֵ֗ד בְּי֣וֹם צָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Confidenceמִבְטָחmibţâch · confidenceH4009
• in an unfaithful manבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
• in timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of troubleצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• a brokenרֹעָהrô‛âh · to shatterH7465
• toothשֵׁןshên · toothH8127
• and a footרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• out of jointמוּעֶדֶתmû‛edeth · disjointedH4154

Cross-references for Proverbs 25:19

• 2 Chronicles 28:20King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria came to Ahaz. But he did not help Ahaz. Instead, he caused trouble.
• Job 6:14When a man has no hope, his friends should be kind to him. They should help him, even if he no longer respects God Almighty.
• Isaiah 30:1The Lord says, ‘It will be very bad for you, my children who have turned against me. You have decided what to do, but you did not ask me about it. You have made an agreement with Egypt, but without my Spirit's help. In that way, you continue to do more and more sins.
• Isaiah 36:6Yes, you think that Egypt is strong enough to help you. But you should not trust Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. He is like a weak stick. If you use it to walk with, it will break! A broken piece of stick will make a hole through your hand and give you much pain! That is the trouble that the king of Egypt brings to everyone who trusts him to help them.
• Ezekiel 29:6Then all the people who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord. Israel's people thought that you would help them. But you were only like a weak stick for them.
• 2 Timothy 4:16I had to explain to a judge that I had not done anything wrong. The first time I did that, nobody helped me. All my friends stayed away. I pray that God will forgive them for that.

Commentaries on Proverbs 25:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Stress is to be laid on the uselessness of the “broken tooth” and the “foot out of joint,” or tottering, rather than on the pain connected with them. The King James Version loses the emphasis and point of the Hebrew by inverting the original order, which is “a broken … joint is confidence” etc.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19Verse 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man is painful and vexatious; when we put any stress on him, he not only fails, but makes us feel for it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Treachery annoys as well as deceives.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Proverbs 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings