Proverbs 25:19
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To trust in an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,

2 Chronicles 28:20,21 And he brought against him Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him, and plundered him without any resistance. . . .

Job 6:14-20 He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 30:1-3 Woe to you, apostate children, saith the Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sin: . . .

Isaiah 36:6 Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

Ezekiel 29:6,7 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast been a staff of a reed to the house of Israel. . . .

2 Timothy 4:16 At my first answer, no man stood with me: but all forsook me. May it not be laid to their charge!

Context
More Proverbs of Solomon
18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow. 19To trust in an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,20And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.…
Cross References
Job 6:15
My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.

Proverbs 25:20
And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.

Isaiah 36:6
Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

Lexicon
[Like] a broken
רֹ֭עָה (rō·‘āh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7465: Broken, utterly

tooth
שֵׁ֣ן (šên)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

or a foot
וְרֶ֣גֶל (wə·re·ḡel)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

out of joint
מוּעָ֑דֶת (mū·‘ā·ḏeṯ)
Verb - QalPass - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4154: Made to slip, dislocated

is confidence
מִבְטָ֥ח (miḇ·ṭāḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4009: A refuge, security, assurance

in a faithless man
בּ֝וֹגֵ֗ד (bō·w·ḡêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage

in time
בְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

of trouble.
צָרָֽה׃ (ṣā·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6869: Tightness, a female rival


Additional Translations
Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

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

The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day.

A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful [man] in the day of trouble.

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

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

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

A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, Is the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.
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