Proverbs 25:20

As splendour of dress on a cold day—vinegar upon nitre, so is a singer with songs, unto a sad heart.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

19A broken tooth and a faltering foot, is confidence in the treacherous, in the day of danger.

21If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

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Cross References

Job 24:7Ill-clad, they are left to lodge 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 them who send him.

Isaiah 58:7Is it not to break unto the hungry, thy bread, And the thrust-out oppressed, that thou bring into a home,—When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?

Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that rejoice, weep with them that weep:

James 5:15And, the prayer of faith, shall save the exhausted one, and the Lord will raise him up, and, if he have committed, sins, it shall be forgiven 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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