Proverbs 25:19

¹⁷ Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

¹⁸ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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

²⁰ As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

²¹ If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

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Sammenlign

ÅB: Som en skjør tann og en vaklende fot er tillit til den troløse på nødens dag.
OTB: Som en dårlig tann eller en halt fot er tillit til den utro i trengselstider.
B1930: Som en skjør tann og en vaklende fot er tillit til den troløse på nødens dag.

BSB: Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
KJV: Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
WEB: Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.
ASV: Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is [like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
DARBY: A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful [man] in the day of trouble.
BLB: A tooth broken or a foot tottering [is] trust in one acting treacherously in a day of distress.

Isaiah 36:6
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon 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.
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Ezekiel 29:6–7
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
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Job 6:14–20
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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2 Chronicles 28:20–21
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
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2 Timothy 4:16
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
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