Proverbs 25:20

Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, [Is as] vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.

Young's Literal Translation

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 bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

21If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

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Cross References

Job 24:7The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.

Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So [is] the slothful to those sending him.

Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?

Romans 12:15to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

James 5:15and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to 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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