Proverbs 25:20
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.
KJV
et amittit pallium in die frigoris. Acetum in nitro, qui cantat carmina cordi pessimo. Sicut tinea vestimento, et vermis ligno, ita tristitia viri nocet cordi.
Vulgate
ὥσπερ ὄξος ἕλκει ἀσύμφορον, οὕτως προσπεσὸν πάθος ἐν σώματι καρδίαν λυπεῖ. [1] ὥσπερ σὴς ἐν ἱματίῳ καὶ σκώληξ ξύλῳ, οὕτως λύπη ἀνδρὸς βλάπτει καρδίαν.
LXX
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.
ASV
מַ֥עֲדֶה בֶּ֨גֶד בְּ/י֣וֹם קָ֭רָה חֹ֣מֶץ עַל נָ֑תֶר וְ/שָׁ֥ר בַּ֝/שִּׁרִ֗ים עַ֣ל לֶב רָֽע
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
Cross-references
- Deut 24:12 — And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
- Eccl 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Isa 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own fl
- Jas 2:15 — If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
- Prov 31:21 — She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
- Rom 12:15 — Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.