Proverbs 25:20 - Revised Standard Version

²⁰ He who sings songs to a heavy heart is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, and like vinegar on a wound.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Proverbs 25:19

Trust in a faithless man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

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 bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace, and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

Romans 12:15

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

James 5:15

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