Proverbs 25:19

17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house,
Lest he become weary of you and hate you.

18 ^aA man who bears false witness against his neighbor
Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.

20 Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather,
And like vinegar on soda,
Is one who ^asings songs to a heavy heart.

21 ^aIf your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Proverbs 25:19

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.

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