Proverbs 25:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ [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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and 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 musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?
  • Jas 5:15 : 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.
  • Deut 24:12-17 : 12 And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: 13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. 14 ¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates: 15 At 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 the LORD, 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 pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
  • Job 24:7-9 : 7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they 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 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. 10 They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
  • Ps 137:3-4 : 3 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. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    13 ¶ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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  • Prov 12:25
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    25 ¶ Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

  • Eccl 7:2-6
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    5 [It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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  • Prov 31:6-7
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    6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

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  • Prov 25:25
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    25 ¶ [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

  • Prov 15:15
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  • Jas 4:9
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    9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

  • Prov 25:23
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    23 ¶ The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

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  • Prov 25:13-14
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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.

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    31 My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

  • Lam 5:15
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    15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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  • Ps 69:20
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    18 [When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.

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  • Ps 109:18
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  • Job 12:5
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    5 He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

  • Ps 30:11
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  • Lam 3:15
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    15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

  • Eccl 2:23
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  • Prov 26:18-19
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    18 ¶ As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

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  • Luke 5:36
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  • Ps 80:5
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  • Prov 27:19
    65%

    19 ¶ As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.

  • Mark 2:21
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    21 ‹No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.›

  • Prov 26:9
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    9 [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

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