Proverbs 25:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, `Is as' vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:15 : 15 to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,
  • Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
  • Isa 58:7 : 7 Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?
  • Dan 6:18 : 18 Then hath the king gone to his palace, and he hath passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep hath fled `from' off him.
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, 16 and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what `is' the profit?
  • Jas 5:15 : 15 and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.
  • Deut 24:12-17 : 12 `And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge; 13 thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God. 14 `Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates; 15 in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin. 16 `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death. 17 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;
  • Job 24:7-9 : 7 The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold. 8 From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock. 9 They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge. 10 Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.
  • Ps 137:3-4 : 3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: `Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.' 4 How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
  • Prov 10:26 : 26 As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So `is' the slothful to those sending him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:13
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    13A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

  • Prov 12:25
    71%

    25Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

  • Eccl 7:2-6
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    70%

    2Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth `it' unto his heart.

    3Better `is' sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

    4The heart of the wise `is' in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

    5Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools,

    6For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So `is' the laughter of a fool, even this `is' vanity.

  • Prov 31:6-7
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    70%

    6Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

    7He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

  • Prov 14:13
    70%

    13Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy `is' affliction.

  • Isa 24:7
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    7Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.

  • Job 3:20
    69%

    20Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?

  • Prov 25:19
    69%

    19A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, `Is' the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

  • Prov 25:21
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    21If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

  • Prov 25:25
    68%

    25`As' cold waters for a weary soul, So `is' a good report from a far country.

  • Isa 24:9
    68%

    9With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

  • Prov 15:15
    68%

    15All the days of the afflicted `are' evil, And gladness of heart `is' a perpetual banquet.

  • Jas 4:9
    68%

    9be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;

  • Prov 25:23
    68%

    23A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

  • Prov 23:7
    68%

    7For as he hath thought in his soul, so `is' he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart `is' not with thee.

  • Prov 25:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, `So is' a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And the soul of his masters he refresheth.

    14Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, `Is' a man boasting himself in a false gift.

  • Job 30:31
    68%

    31And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.

  • Lam 5:15
    67%

    15Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

  • Job 21:25
    67%

    25And this `one' dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

  • Prov 14:10
    67%

    10The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

  • Ps 69:20
    67%

    20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

  • Jer 8:18
    67%

    18My refreshing for me `is' sorrow, For me my heart `is' sick.

  • Job 14:22
    67%

    22Only -- his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'

  • Prov 27:7
    67%

    7A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And `to' a hungry soul every bitter thing `is' sweet.

  • Eccl 5:17
    67%

    17Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

  • Prov 27:9
    67%

    9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

  • Prov 14:30
    66%

    30A healed heart `is' life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones `is' envy.

  • Prov 10:26
    66%

    26As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So `is' the slothful to those sending him.

  • Prov 27:15
    66%

    15A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

  • Ps 109:18
    66%

    18And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.

  • Job 12:5
    66%

    5A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.

  • Ps 30:11
    66%

    11Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me `with' joy.

  • Lam 3:15
    66%

    15He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me `with' wormwood.

  • Eccl 2:23
    66%

    23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.

  • Prov 26:18-19
    2 verses
    66%

    18As `one' pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

    19So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

  • Isa 65:14
    66%

    14Lo, My servants sing from joy of heart, And ye cry from pain of heart, And from breaking of spirit ye do howl.

  • Luke 5:36
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    36And he spake also a simile unto them -- `No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that `is' from the new.

  • Ps 73:21
    66%

    21For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,

  • Ps 80:5
    66%

    5Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

  • Prov 27:19
    65%

    19As `in' water the face `is' to face, So the heart of man to man.

  • Mark 2:21
    65%

    21`And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not -- the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;

  • Prov 26:9
    65%

    9A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.