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Proverbs 25

Prov. 25:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Confidence
mibtach (Hebrew #4009)
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
KJV usage: confidence, hope, sure, trust.
Pronounce: mib-tawkh'
Origin: from 982
in an unfaithful man
bagad (Hebrew #898)
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
KJV usage: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), X very.
Pronounce: baw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
in time
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of trouble
tsarah (Hebrew #6869)
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
KJV usage: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsaw-raw'
Origin: feminine of 6862
is like a broken
ro`ah (Hebrew #7465)
breakage
KJV usage: broken, utterly.
Pronounce: ro-aw'
Origin: for 7455
tooth
shen (Hebrew #8127)
a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for 8143) ivory; figuratively, a cliff
KJV usage: crag, X forefront, ivory, X sharp, tooth.
Pronounce: shane
Origin: from 8150
, and a foot
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
out of joint
muw`edeth (Hebrew #4154)
properly, made to slip, i.e. dislocated
KJV usage: out of joint.
Pronounce: moo-ay'-deth
Origin: feminine passive participle of 4571
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Ministry on This Verse

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2 Chron. 28:20‑21• 20And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and troubled him, and did not support him.
 21For Ahaz stripped the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave to the king of Assyria; but he was of no help to him. (2 Chron. 28:20‑21)
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Job 6:14‑20• 14For him that is fainting kindness is meet from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
 15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
 16Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
 17At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
 18They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.
 19The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:
 20They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded. (Job 6:14‑20)
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Isa. 30:1‑3• 1Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make leagues, but not by my Spirit, that they may heap sin upon sin;
 2who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked of my mouth,--to take refuge under the protection of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadow of Egypt!
 3For to you the protection of Pharaoh shall be a shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt a confusion. (Isa. 30:1‑3)
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Isa. 36:6• 6Behold, thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand, and pierces it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that rely upon him. (Isa. 36:6)
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Ezek. 29:6‑7• 6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
 7When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst give way and rend all their shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst break, and didst make all their loins to tremble. (Ezek. 29:6‑7)
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2 Tim. 4:16• 16At my first defence no man stood with me, but all deserted me. May it not be imputed to them. (2 Tim. 4:16)
• What is more trying on the nerves and wearing on the spirit than a broken tooth, or a dislocated foot? Anxiety and inconvenience are ever present. So is it when dependence is placed upon a faithless man, who deserts his post in time of trouble. See John Mark (Acts 13:13; 15:37, 38). (“Proverbs Twenty-Five” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful man in the day of trouble.