Proverbs 25:20

Singing happy songs to someone who's broken-hearted is like taking off your coat on a cold day, or pouring vinegar onto an open wound.

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In The King James Version

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

In Context

19Trusting in unreliable people in times of trouble is like eating with a broken tooth or walking on a bad foot.

21If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat; if he's thirsty, give him a drink of water.

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Cross References

Job 24:7They spend the night naked because they have no clothes; they have nothing to cover themselves against the cold.

Proverbs 10:26In the same way vinegar irritates the teeth and smoke irritates the eyes, lazy people irritate their employers.

Isaiah 58:7Share your food with the hungry, take the poor and homeless into your house. When you see people naked, give them clothes, and don't reject your own relatives.

Romans 12:15Be happy with those who are happy; cry with those who are crying.

James 5:15Such a prayer, trusting in God, will heal those who are sick, and the Lord will make them well. If they've committed sins, they will be forgiven.

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 →

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