Proverbs 25:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Who so taketh away a mans garment in the colde weather, is like vineger vpon lime, or lyke hym that singeth songues to an heauie heart.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Reioyce with them that do reioyce, and wepe with them that wepe.
  • Eccl 3:4 : 4 A tyme to weepe, and a tyme to laugh: a tyme to mourne, & a tyme to daunce.
  • Isa 58:7 : 7 To deale thy bread to the hungrie, and to bring the poore wandering home into thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou couer hym, and hide not thy selfe from thy neighbour, and despise not thyne owne fleshe?
  • Dan 6:18 : 18 So the king went into his palace, and remayned fasting, neither was there any instrumentes of musicke brought in before him, & his sleepe went from him.
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode, 16 And one of you say vnto them, depart in peace, be you warmed and fylled: notwithstandyng, ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to, the body, what shall it profite?
  • Jas 5:15 : 15 And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke, and the Lorde shall raise him vp: and yf he haue committed sinnes, they shalbe forgeuen hym.
  • Deut 24:12-17 : 12 Furthermore, if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge: 13 But deliuer hym the pledge agayne when the sunne goeth downe, that he may sleepe in his owne raiment, & blesse thee: And it shalbe righteousnes vnto thee before the Lorde thy Lorde. 14 Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruaunt that is needie and poore, whether he be of thy brethre, or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates: 15 But shalt geue him his hyre the same day, & let not the sunne go downe theron, for he is needie, and therwith sustayneth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the chyldren, nor the chyldren for the fathers: but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne. 17 Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the strauger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge:
  • Job 24:7-9 : 7 They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde. 8 They are wet with the showres of the mountaynes, and embrace the rocke for want of a couering. 9 They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore. 10 They let hym go naked without clothing, and haue taken away the sheafe of the hungrie.
  • Ps 137:3-4 : 3 For there they that led vs away captiue required of vs some matter of a song: and for our waylynges myrth, saying sing vs one of the songes of Sion. 4 He aunswered howe can we sing one of the songes of God: in another lande besides our owne?
  • Prov 10:26 : 26 As vineger is to the teeth, & as smoke is vnto the eyes: euen so is a sluggishe person to them that sendeth him foorth.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 15:13
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    13A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce: but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22A mery heart make a lustie age: but a sorowfull minde dryeth vp the bones.

  • Prov 12:25
    71%

    25Heauinesse discourageth the heart of man: but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.

  • Eccl 7:2-6
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    2It is better to go into an house of mourning, then into a banketting house: For there is the ende of all men, and he that is liuing taketh it to heart.

    3Grauitie is better then to laugh: for when the countenaunce is heauie, the heart is refourmed.

    4The heart of the wise is in the mourning house: but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth.

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:

    6For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing.

  • Prov 31:6-7
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    6Geue strong drynke vnto such as are redy to perishe, and wine vnto those that mourne:

    7That they may drynke it, and forget their miserie and aduersitie.

  • Prov 14:13
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    13The heart is sorowfull euen in laughter, and the ende of myrth is heauinesse.

  • Isa 24:7
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    7The wine fayleth, the vine hath no myght, all they that haue ben mery of heart are come to mournyng.

  • Job 3:20
    69%

    20Wherefore is the light geuen to hym that is in miserie? & lyfe vnto them that haue heauy heartes?

  • Prov 25:19
    69%

    19The confidence that is put in an vnfaythfull man in tyme of trouble, is like a broken tooth, and a sliding foote.

  • Prov 25:21
    69%

    21If thyne enemie hunger, feede hym, if he thirst, geue him drinke:

  • Prov 25:25
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    25Good newes from a straunge countrey, are as colde water to a thirstie soule.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9They shall drynke no more wine with mirth, strong drynke shalbe bytter to them that drinke it.

  • Prov 15:15
    68%

    15All the dayes of the poore are miserable: but a quiet heart is a continuall feast.

  • Jas 4:9
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    9Suffer afflictions, and mourne, and weepe: Let your laughter be turned to mournyng, and your ioy to heauinesse.

  • Prov 25:23
    68%

    23The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.

  • Prov 23:7
    68%

    7For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee.

  • Prov 25:13-14
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    68%

    13As the colde of snowe in the tyme of haruest: so is a faythfull messenger to them that sende hym, for he refresheth his maisters mynde.

    14Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne.

  • Job 30:31
    68%

    31My harpe is turned to mourning, and my organs into the voyce of them that weepe.

  • Lam 5:15
    67%

    15The ioy of our heart is gone, our melodious meeting is turned into mourning.

  • Job 21:25
    67%

    25Another dyeth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.

  • Prov 14:10
    67%

    10The heart knoweth his owne soules bitternesse: and the straunger shall not be partaker of his ioy.

  • Ps 69:20
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    20Reproofe hath broke my heart a peeces, I am full of heauinesse: I loked for some to haue pitie on me, but there was none, and for some that shoulde comfort me, but I coulde fynde none.

  • Jer 8:18
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    18I woulde haue had comfort against sorowe: but sorowe is come vpon me, and heauinesse vexeth my heart.

  • Job 14:22
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    22But while his fleshe is vpon him, it must haue sorowe: and his soule shall mourne within him.

  • Prov 27:7
    67%

    7He that is full, abhorreth an honye combe: but vnto hym that is hungrye, euery sowre thing is sweete.

  • Eccl 5:17
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    17All the dayes of his lyfe also he dyd eate in the darke, with great carefulnesse, sicknesse, and sorowe.

  • Prov 27:9
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    9Baulme and sweete incense make the heart merie: so sweete is that frende that geueth counsell from the heart.

  • Prov 14:30
    66%

    30A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.

  • Prov 10:26
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    26As vineger is to the teeth, & as smoke is vnto the eyes: euen so is a sluggishe person to them that sendeth him foorth.

  • Prov 27:15
    66%

    15A brawling woman and the roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day, may well be compared together.

  • Ps 109:18
    66%

    18He clothed hym selfe with cursing, as with his garment: and it hath entred into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.

  • Job 12:5
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    5Being as alight despised in the heartes of the riche, and as one redy to fall.

  • Ps 30:11
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    11And foorthwith thou hast turned my mourning into dauncing: thou hast put of my sackcloth, and gyrded me with gladnes.

  • Lam 3:15
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    15He hath filled me with bitternesse, and geuen me wormewood to drinke.

  • Eccl 2:23
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    23But heauinesse, sorowe, and disquietnesse all the dayes of his life? Insomuch that his heart can not rest in the nyght: This is also a vayne thyng.

  • Prov 26:18-19
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    66%

    18As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes:

    19So doth a dissembler with his neighbour, and saith, am not I in sport?

  • Isa 65:14
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    14Beholde, my seruauntes shall reioyce for very quietnesse of heart: but ye shal crye for sorowe of heart, and complaine for vexation of minde.

  • Luke 5:36
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    36He spake also vnto them a similitude. No man putteth a peece of a newe garment, into an olde vesture: For then the newe renteth the olde, and the peece that was taken out of the newe, agreeth not with the olde.

  • Ps 73:21
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    21Ueryly thus was my heart inflamed: thus was my reynes pricked.

  • Ps 80:5
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    5Thou feedest them with the bread of teares: and geuest them plenteously teares to drinke.

  • Prov 27:19
    65%

    19Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces: euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes.

  • Mark 2:21
    65%

    21No man also soweth a peece of newe cloth, vnto an olde garment: otherwayes, his newe peece taketh awaye from the olde, and so the rent is made worse.

  • Prov 26:9
    65%

    9As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.