Proverbs 25:20
As he that taketh away a beged (garment) on a cold day, 1 and as chometz (vinegar) upon lye, 1 so is he that singeth shirim (songs) 1 to a lev rah (heavy heart). + 25:20 i.e., depressed person 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21If thine enemy be hungry, give him lechem to eat, 1 and if he be thirsty, give him mayim to drink; 1
Cross References
Job 24:7They spend the night arom (naked) without levush (clothing), 1 they have no covering in the cold. 1
Proverbs 10:26As chometz to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, 1 so is the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) to them that send him. 1
Isaiah 58:7Is it not paras lechem (breaking bread of thine, i.e., serving food) to the hungry, 1 and that thou bring the homeless aniyyim (poor) to thy bais? 1 When thou seest the arom (naked), that thou cover him with clothing; 1 and that thou hide not thyself from thine own basar (flesh and blood, kinspeople)? 1
Romans 12:15Join in simcha with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
James 5:15And the tefillah of emunah will deliver the choleh (sick person), and Hashem will raise him up. And if he may have been committing peysha'im, he will be given selicha (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 →