Proverbs 25:20

[As] he that taketh off his garment on a cold day, [as] vinegar is upon natron: so is he that singeth songs before an unhappy heart.

Leeser Tanakh

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

19Like a broken tooth and a foot out of joint, is confidence in a treacherous man in a time of distress.

21If thy enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

Read all of Proverbs 25

Cross References

Job 24:7They cause [the poor] to spend the night naked, without clothing and without any covering in the cold.

Proverbs 10:26As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is to the eyes: so is the sluggard to those that send him.

Isaiah 58:7Is it not to distribute thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the afflicted poor into thy house! when thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him; and that thou hide not thyself from thy own flesh?

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Proverbs 25:20