Proverbs 25:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.”
Read Proverbs 25:20 in the flow of Proverbs25 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs25 to see the surrounding context.
“Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, <FI>Is as<Fi> vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 25:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 24:12If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
- Job 24:7Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
- Psalms 137:3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
- Proverbs 10:26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
- Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
- Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- James 2:15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
- James 5:15And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
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