“Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.”
King James Version (KJV)
25:17 Withdraw - Visit him not too frequently.
25:18 A sword - Is as cruel and pernicious as any instrument of death.
25:20 As vinegar - Which dissolves the nitre, and makes it useless and ineffectual.
25:21 Bread - By bread and water he understands all things necessary for his subsistence.