Proverbs 25:20
Like a person who takes off a garment in cold weather, 1 or like vinegar poured upon carbonate of soda, 1 is the one who sings songs to a heavy heart. 1
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21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, 1 and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, 1
Cross References
Job 24:7They lie naked all night without clothing; 1 they have no covering in the cold. 1
Proverbs 10:26Like vinegar on the teeth and smoke in the eyes, 1 so is the sluggard to those who send him. 1
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to break your bread with the hungry and to bring the poor and homeless into your house?” 1 When you see someone naked, you should clothe him; and you should not hide yourself from your own relatives. 1
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
James 5:15The prayer of faith will heal the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, God 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 →