Proverbs 25:19

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 place among the other teeth, but which, when you want its help in mastication, only gives you pain instead of help....

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 point of the Hebrew by inverting the original order, which is “a broken ... joint is confidence” etc....

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 king and his subjects. PROVERBS 25:1 _The_ _superscription: _THESE ARE ALSO PROVERBS OF SOLOMON, WHICH THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH COPIED OUT. The word "also" implies that a previous collection was known to the compiler of the present book—probably the one which we have in Pr 10-22:16, of which nine proverbs are inserted here. But there was still a large number of proverbial sayings attributed to Solomon, and preserved partly by oral tradition and partly in writing, which it was advisable to colle

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 treacherous man; and especially in a time of distress and trouble, depending on his help and assistance, which is leaning on a broken reed, and trusting to a broken staff. Or, "the confidence of an unfaithful man in time of trouble" o; that which he puts confidence in; who trusts in his riches, or in his righteousness, or in his own heart, all which are vain and deceitful: [IS LIKE] A BROKEN TOOTH, AND A FOOT OUT OF JOINT; which are so far from being of any use, the one in eating food, and the other in walking, that they are both an hindrance to those actions, and cause pain and uneasiness: or, "a bad tooth", so the Targum and Syriac version; a rotten one. o מבטח בוגד "fiducia praevaricatoris", Pagnin...

IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 25 Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title is interesting as affording a proof that a revival of literary activity accompanied the revival of religion and of national prosperity which marked the reign of Hezekiah. The men of Hezekiah were doubtless a body of scribes engaged under the direction of the king in literary labors.” Very fittingly the opening verses of this collected portion of proverbs relate to the king. While it is the glory of God to conceal a thing, the glory of kings is to search out a matter. God has many things concealed as to Himself, the great universe, creation and His ways in providence; but kings should inquire diligently into the matters brought before them and search them out in their administration of justi...

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. PROVERBS 25:2 B. A series of three quatrains relating to kings. Proverbs 25:4 b. Very obscure. Refining silver does not produce a vessel, and the parallelism with Proverbs 25:5 b is unsatisfactory. LXX it will be wholly purified probably represents the original text. Proverbs 25:6 f. _cf._ Luke 14:8....

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; 2 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 28:21); Israelites (Isaiah 30:1); Zedekiah (Jeremiah 37:5); compare...

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 weather;_ Proverbs 25:20. _As he who sprinkleth nitre with vinegar, is the man who shall sing songs to a person in grief._ Vinegar remarkably irritates nitre. See Sir 22:6. The LXX, Syr. Chald. Vulg. and Arab. render the 20th verse, _As a moth in a garment, or a worm in wood; so is heaviness in the heart of man._...

TEXT Proverbs 25:11-19 11. A word fitly spoken Is like applies of gold in network of silver. 12. As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. 13. As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So is a faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth the soul of his masters. 14. As clouds and wind without rain, So is he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely. 15. By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. 16. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. 17. Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee. 18. A man that beareth false witness a

COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....