Proverbs 25:20

Singing to someone who is depressed just causes him to feel worse; it is like [SIM] taking off clothes on a very cold day or like putting vinegar on a wound.

Translation for Translators

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

19Depending on unreliable people when you have troubles is as bad as trying to eat when you have a bad/hurting tooth or trying to walk when your foot is crippled.

21If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink;

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Cross References

Job 24:7During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.

Proverbs 10:26We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do, just like we do not like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes.

Isaiah 58:7I want you to [RHQ] share your food with those who are hungry and to allow those who have no houses to stay in your houses. Give clothes to those who do not have clothes, and do not hide from your relatives who need help from you.

Romans 12:15If someone is joyful, you should rejoice also! If someone is sad, you should also be sad!

James 5:15And if they truly trust in the Lord when they pray [PRS], the sick person will be healed. The Lord will heal him. And if that person has sinned ◄ in a way that caused him to be/and because of that he became► sick, if he ◄ confesses what he did/says that he did what is wrong►, he will be forgiven { the Lord will forgive 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 →

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