Holy Scripture
Proverbs 25:19
A church father on this verse
“A rotten tooth and a stumbling foot, etc. And Jeremiah says: Cursed is the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm (Jeremiah XIII). He is rightly compared to a rotten tooth and a weary foot, because he who does not know that the unique good of man is to cling to God and put his hope in the Lord his God; this m…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
19The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day.
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In context
17Enter sparingly into thy friend’s house, Lest he be satiated with thy company, and hate thee.
18As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, So also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.
— Proverbs 25:19 —
20As vinegar is bad for a sore, So trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. a As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, So the grief of a man hurts the heart.
21If thine enemy hunger, feed him; If he thirst, give him drink;