Proverbs 25:20

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, 2 or vinegar on soda, 2 so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. 1

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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

19Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble 2 is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot. 1

21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. 2 If he is thirsty, give him water to drink: 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, 2 so is the sluggard to those who send him. 1

Isaiah 58:7Is not it to distribute your bread to the hungry, 2 and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? 1 When you see the naked, 2 that you cover him; 2 and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh? 1

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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