Proverbs 25:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 25:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Stress is to be laid on the uselessness of the “broken tooth” and the “foot out of joint,” or tottering, rather than on the pain connected with them. The King James Version loses the emphasis and p...
Proverbs 25:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

First Division. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets. Prov...
Proverbs 25:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

unfaithful . treacherous. Hebrew. bagad. See note on "transgressors" ( Proverbs 11:3 ). foot out of joint . a tottering foot. Illustrations: Micah ( Judges 18:20 ); Ben-hadad ( 2 Kings 8:8-15 ;...
Proverbs 25:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Proverbs 25:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Confidence in an unfaithful man— Houbigant renders this verse, As a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint, is the protection of a wicked man in calamity; he will even take away the garment in cold...
Proverbs 25:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble (is like) a broken tooth - which has its...
Proverbs 25:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Courts. Quarrels 1-7. relate to kings and courts.
Proverbs 25:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 26 THE KING "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearch...
Proverbs 25:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Self-Control and Kindliness Proverbs 25:15-28 In this paragraph we have good advice as to our dealings with the varied characters with whom we are forced into daily contact. Here is a man hard...
Proverbs 25:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, th...
Proverbs 25:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Confidence...
Proverbs 25:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble ,.... It is not good to put confidence in any man, not in princes, nor in the best of men; much less in an unfaithful, prevaricating, and treachero...
Proverbs 25:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. Ver. 19. Confidence in an unfaithful man, &c. ] In a prevaricator, a covenant breaker, a p...
Proverbs 25:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Confidence in an unfaithful man , &c. “As a broken tooth, or leg out of joint, not only fails a man when he comes to use them, but likewise puts him into pain; so doth a faithless person serve t...
Proverbs 25:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...
Proverbs 25:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 1. The confidence of an unfaithful man (so some read it) will be like a br...
Proverbs 25:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is not only deceitful, but hurtful, as a broken tooth though it make show of helping, yet is not only unhelpful to a man for chewing his meat, but also troublesome and painful; and as a foot out o...
Proverbs 25:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 25:19 . Foot out of joint . Rather “ An unsteady foot .” Proverbs 25:20 . Nitre . “ Not the substance we now understand by nitre—i.e., nitrate of potassa (saltpetre),...
Proverbs 25:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 25:1 . These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out. Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32 . The supplement to th...
Proverbs 25:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house. Bad neighbours Here are four kinds. I. The intrusive. It is pleasant to be visited by a neighbour whose interest is genuine. Two evils accrue to...
Proverbs 25:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-29:27 Part VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS , gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the...
Proverbs 25:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.
Proverbs 25:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 28:20 ; 2 Chronicles 28:21 ; 2 Timothy 4:16 ; Ezekiel 29:6 ; Ezekiel 29:7 ; Isaiah 30:1-3 ; Isaiah 36:6 ; Job 6:14-20

Proverbs 25:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 25:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 25:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 25:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 25:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 25:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 25:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 25:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 25:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 25:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 25:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 25:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 25:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 25:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 25:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 25:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 25:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 25:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 25:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 25:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 25:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 25:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 25:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge