Proverbs 25:19

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

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.”

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!