Proverbs 25:19

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Proverbs 25:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

18 Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

19 Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

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2 Chronicles 28:20

Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.

2 Chronicles 28:21

Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

Job 6:14

A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:15

But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

Job 6:16

darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

Job 6:17

but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.

Job 6:18

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

Job 6:19

The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

Job 6:20

They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.

Isaiah 30:1

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Isaiah 30:2

They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

Isaiah 30:3

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

Isaiah 36:6

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Ezekiel 29:6

Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 29:7

When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

2 Timothy 4:16

At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.