Proverbs 25:20

As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.

LXX2012 (British)

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

19The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day.

21If your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink;

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Cross References

Job 24:7They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body.

Proverbs 10:26As a sour grape is hurtful to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so iniquity hurts those that practise it.

Isaiah 58:7Break your bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to your house: if you see one naked, clothe him, and you shall not disregard the relations of your own seed.

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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