Proverbs 25:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Islikea broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, <FI>Is<Fi> the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 25:19 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:20Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:21Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
  3. Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
  4. Job 6:15But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
  5. Job 6:20They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
  6. Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
  7. Isaiah 30:3But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
  8. Isaiah 30:7Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
  9. Isaiah 36:6Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  10. Ezekiel 29:6Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.
  11. 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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