Proverbs 25:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁵ Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far [home] country.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

Common English Bible

²⁵ Good news from a distant land is like cold water for a weary person.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so too are good reports from a far away land.

Proverbs 25:25 Cross References

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the body.

Romans 10:15

And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

Psalm 63:1

O God, you are my God; I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Revelation 21:6

Then he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.

Nahum 1:15

Look! On the mountains the feet of one who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the wicked invade you; they are utterly cut off.

1 Timothy 1:15

The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.

John 7:37

On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me,

Jeremiah 18:14

Does the snow of Lebanon leave the crags of Sirion? Do the mountain waters run dry, the cold flowing streams?

Isaiah 55:1

Hear, everyone who thirsts; come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

2 Samuel 23:15

David said longingly, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!”

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let everyone who hears say, “Come.” And let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift.

Exodus 17:6

I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.” Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Proverbs 25:26

Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain are the righteous who give way before the wicked.

Genesis 45:27

But when they told him all the words of Joseph that he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

Joshua 22:33

The report pleased the Israelites, and the Israelites blessed God and spoke no more of making war against them, to destroy the land where the Reubenites and the Gadites were settled.