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

17Don’t visit your neighbors too often, or you will wear out your welcome. 18Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow. Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot. 20Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart is like taking someone’s coat in cold weather or pouring vinegar in a wound. 21If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them 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 28:20So when King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria arrived, he attacked Ahaz instead of helping him.
• Job 6:14“One should be kind to a fainting friend, but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.
• Isaiah 30:1“What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,” says the Lord. “You make plans that are contrary to mine. You make alliances not directed by my Spirit, thus piling up your sins.
• Isaiah 36:6On Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, it will be like a reed that splinters beneath your weight and pierces your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is completely unreliable!
• Ezekiel 29:6All the people of Egypt will know that I am the Lord, for to Israel you were just a staff made of reeds.
• 2 Timothy 4:16The first time I was brought before the judge, no one came with me. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be counted 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

In the dictionaries

• Arrow
• Debate
• Discover
• Heavy
• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Solomon

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