💡WEB · Proverbs 25:19

What does Proverbs 25:19 mean?

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

— Proverbs 25:19 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

16

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

17

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

18

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

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

20

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

21

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

22

for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.

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