Proverbs 25:20
As he that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon alkali, so is he that sings songs to an heavy heart.
Updated King James Version
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19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
21If yours enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Cross References
Job 24:7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they 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 that send him.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you hide not yourself from yours own flesh?
Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
James 5:15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they 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 →