Proverbs 25:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is trust in a faithless person in time of trouble.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Trusting a treacherous person at a difficult time is like having a bad tooth or a wobbly foot.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Whoever sets his hopes on the unfaithful in a day of anguish is like a rotten tooth and weary foot,

Proverbs 25:19 Cross References

Isaiah 36:6

See, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

2 Timothy 4:16

At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them!

Proverbs 25:20

Like vinegar on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood, sorrow gnaws at the human heart.

Isaiah 30:7

For Egypt’s help is worthless and empty; therefore I have called her, “Rahab who sits still.”