Proverbs 25:19

Modern

Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Traditional

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

Literal

A tooth broken or a foot tottering is trust in one acting treacherously in a day of distress.

Latin

Dens putridus, et pes lassus, qui sperat super infideli in die angustiæ,

Hebrew

English

Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Isaiah 36:6
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
Ezekiel 29:6–7
Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.
Job 6:14–20
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
2 Chronicles 28:20–21
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Isaiah 30:1–3
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.