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 Living Translation (NLT)Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot.

Context of Proverbs 25:19

17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, Lest he become weary of you and hate you. 18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow. Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint. 20Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather, And like vinegar on soda, Is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. 21If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him 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 28:20Also Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him.
• Job 6:14“To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend, Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
• Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord, “Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin;
• Isaiah 36:6Look! You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
• Ezekiel 29:6“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt Shall know that I am the Lord, Because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
• 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 25:19

• Friendship
• Hypocrisy

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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