Proverbs 25:19

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • 2 Chr 28:20-21 : 20 Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but didn't strengthen him. 21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Yahweh, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but it didn't help him.
  • Job 6:14-20 : 14 "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away; 16 Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself. 17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish. 19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
  • Isa 30:1-3 : 1 "Woe to the rebellious children," says Yahweh, "who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, 2 who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  • Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs."
  • 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.

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    5Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

  • Job 12:5
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    5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

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    26Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

  • Prov 17:18
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    18A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Prov 3:26
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    26for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

  • Prov 29:25
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    25The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

  • Prov 26:19
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    19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"

  • Ps 118:8-9
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    8It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

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  • Prov 25:20
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    20As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7"Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

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    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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    7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Jer 17:5-6
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    5Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

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  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 16:27-29
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    27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

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    6Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

  • Prov 6:12
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