Proverbs 25:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ Singing songs to a troubled heart is like taking off clothing on a cold day or like pouring vinegar on soda.  ,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ He who sings songs to a heavy heart is like him who lays off a garment in cold weather and like vinegar upon soda. [Dan. 6:18; Rom. 12:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Singing a song to a troubled heart is like taking off a garment on a cold day or putting vinegar on a wound.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ and like one who loosens his garment in cold weather. Whoever sings verses to a wicked heart is like vinegar on baking soda. Just like a moth to a garment, and a worm to wood, so too does the sadness of a man do harm to the heart.

Proverbs 25:20 Cross References

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

Proverbs 25:19

Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.

Proverbs 25:21

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

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 share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?  ,

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting.  No diversions  were brought to him, and he could not sleep.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice;  weep with those who weep.

James 5:15

The prayer of faith will save the ill person, and the Lord will raise him up; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.