Proverbs 25:19
Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
In context
16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it. 17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you. 18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
19 Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips. 20 Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, and like vinegar on soda. 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, 22 for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 25:19 in the KJV
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 25:19 in the NIV
Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.