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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• 14To the despairing there is gentleness from his friends,{HR}Even to one forsaking the face of the Almighty.
 15My brethren have deceived as a torrent,{HR}As the bed of torrents which overflow.
 16Turbid are they from ice;{HR}The snow hideth itself in them:
 17What time heat cometh, they are cut off;{HR}When it is hot, they are extinguished from their place.
 18Caravans turn aside out of their way,{HR}They go up into the waste, and vanish.
 19The caravans of Tema looked,{HR}The companies of Sheba hoped for them;
 20They were put to shame because one trusted,{HR}They came up to it, and became red with shame. (Job 6:14‑20)
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Isa. 30:1‑3• 1Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
 2that walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
 3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh 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 trustest on the staff of that broken reed, on Egypt, on which if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all that trust in 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 break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. (Ezek. 29:6‑7)
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2 Tim. 4:16• 16At my first defence no one took my part, but all deserted me: may it not be laid to their account. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble{HR}Is a broken tooth and a foot out of joint.