Proverbs 25:20
As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
World Messianic Bible
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In Context
19Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.
21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
Cross References
Job 24:7They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
James 5:15and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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 →