Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Vinegar

Bible References

That taketh

Deuteronomy 24:12
And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge:
Job 24:7
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you hide not yourself from your own flesh?
James 2:15
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

Vinegar

Proverbs 10:26
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

So

Psalm 137:3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Daniel 6:18
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
James 5:15
And the prayer of faith shall deliver the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.