THEOSISProverbs 25:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
To trust in an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,
שֵׁ֣ן רֹ֭עָה וְרֶ֣גֶל מוּעָ֑דֶת מִבְטָ֥ח בּ֝וֹגֵ֗ד בְּי֣וֹם צָרֽ͏ָה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezek 29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast been a staff of a reed to the house of Israel.
- Ezek 29:7When they took hold of thee with the hand thou didst break, and rent all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brokest, and weakenest all their loins.
- Isa 36:6Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
- Job 6:14He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.
- Job 6:20They are confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame.
- 2 Tim 4:16At my first answer, no man stood with me: but all forsook me. May it not be laid to their charge!
- 2 Chr 28:20And he brought against him Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him, and plundered him without any resistance.
- 2 Chr 28:21And Achaz stripped the house of the Lord, and the house of the kings, and of the princes, and gave gifts to the king of the Assyrians, and yet it availed him nothing.