Proverbs 25:20

Hee that taketh away the garment in the colde season, is like vineger powred vpon nitre, or like him that singeth songs to an heauy heart.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.

21If hee that hateth thee be hungry, giue him bread to eate, and if he be thirstie, giue him water to drinke.

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Cross References

Job 24:7They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde.

Proverbs 10:26As vineger is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slouthful to them that send him.

Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh?

Romans 12:15Reioyce with them that reioyce, and weepe with them that weepe.

James 5:15And the prayer of faith shall saue the sicke, and the Lord shall raise him vp: and if he haue committed sinnes, they shalbe forgiuen 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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