Proverbs 25:20
As he that taketh off a garment on a cold day, As vinegar upon nitre, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19As a broken tooth, and a wavering foot, So is trust in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.
21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;
Cross References
Job 24:7They lodge naked, without clothing, And without covering from the cold.
Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to break thy bread to the hungry, And to bring the poor, that are cast out, to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him, And that thou hide not 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 save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; even if he have committed sins, it 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 →