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 is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
Job 24:7
They lodge the naked without clothing, and give no covering in the cold.
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to break your bread to the hungry, and that you should bring home the wandering poor? When will you see the naked and cover him; and you will not hide yourself from your own flesh?
James 2:15
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

Vinegar

Proverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the teeth, and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

So

Psalm 137:3
For there our captors demanded a song from us; and our plunderers demanded gladness, 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 spent the night fasting. And diversions were not brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with rejoicing ones, and weep with weeping ones;
James 5:15
And the prayer of faith will cure the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up. And if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him.