Proverbs 25:20
As he who takes off a garment in cold weather, [and] vinegar upon soda, so [is] he who sings songs to a heavy heart.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
21If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Cross References
Job 24:7They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep,
James 5:15And the prayer of faith will rescue him who is depressed, and the Lord will rouse him. And if he should be a man who has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:20
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 1. The confidence of an unfaithful man (so some read it) will be like a broken tooth; his policy, his power, his interest, all that which he trusted in to support him in his wickedness, will fail him in time of trouble, Ps. lii. 7 . 2. Confidence in an unfaithful man (so we read it), in a man whom we thought trusty and therefore depended on, but who proves otherwise; it proves not only unserviceable, but painful… Read the whole commentary →