Proverbs 25:20
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, 1 And as vinegar upon nitre, 1 So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. 1
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21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; 1 And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 1
Cross References
Job 24:7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, 1 That they have no covering in the cold. 1
Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, 1 So is the sluggard to them that send him. 1
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, 1 And that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? 1 When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; 1 And that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 1
Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
James 5:15and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall 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 →