Proverbs 25:19

Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

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WEBBE

Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.

BSB

Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

KJV

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

ASV

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is [like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

BBE

Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 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.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.