Proverbs 25:20 · KJV
“{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.”
— Proverbs 25:20
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble {is like} a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Proverbs 25 — Context
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour {is} a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble {is like} a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
20{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.
21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Cross References
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Isaiah 58:7
{Is it} not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? {cast...: or, afflicted}
Deuteronomy 24:12-17
And if the man {be} poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
James 2:15-16
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Psalms 137:3-4
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us {required of us} mirth, {saying}, Sing us {one} of the songs of Zion. {a song: Heb. the words of a song} {wasted...: Heb. laid us on heaps}
James 5:15
And 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.
Job 24:7-10
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that {they have} no covering in the cold.