Proverbs 25:20
Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
19Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.
21If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:
Cross References
Job 24:7They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.
Proverbs 10:26Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?
Romans 12:15Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.
James 5:15And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.
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 →