Proverbs 25:20 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁰ One who takes away a garment in cold weather, Is like vinegar on soda, And a singer of songs on an evil heart.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.

Proverbs 25:20 Cross References

Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him.

Proverbs 25:19

Trust in a treacherous man in time of distress Is like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint.

Proverbs 25:21

If your enemy is hungry give him bread 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, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, and cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Daniel 6:18

And the sovereign went to his palace and spent the night fasting. And no entertainment was brought before him, and his sleep fled from him.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

James 5:15

And the prayer of the belief shall save the sick, and the Master shall raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he shall be forgiven.