Proverbs 25:20
[ 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.
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Referenced Verses
- Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.
- Eccl 3:4 : 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Isa 58:7 : 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?
- Dan 6:18 : 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
- Jas 2:15-16 : 15 If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, 16 and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?
- Jas 5:15 : 15 and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.
- Deut 24:12-17 : 12 And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; 13 thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God. 14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates: 15 in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
- Job 24:7-9 : 7 They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; 10 [ So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
- Ps 137:3-4 : 3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?
- Prov 10:26 : 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
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13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
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22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
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25 Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.
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3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
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13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
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7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
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20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
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19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is [like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
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21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
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25 [ As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.
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9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart [hath] a continual feast.
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9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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23 The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
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7 For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
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13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [So is] a faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth the soul of his masters.
14 [ As] clouds and wind without rain, [So is] he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
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31 Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
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15 The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
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25 And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
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10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
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20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
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18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
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22 But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
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7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.
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9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel.
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30 A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
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26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
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15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
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18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
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5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
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11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
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15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.
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23 For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
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18 As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
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14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
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36 And he spake also a parable unto them: No man rendeth a piece from a new garment and putteth it upon an old garment; else he will rend the new, and also the piece from the new will not agree with the old.
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21 For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
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5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
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19 As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man.
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21 No man seweth a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment: else that which should fill it up taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made.
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9 [ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.