Proverbs 25:20

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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.

That taketh

Vinegar

Proverbs 10:26

So

James 5:15

Bible References

That taketh

Furthermore, if it be a poor body, go not to sleep with his pledge:

They are the cause that so many men are naked and bare, having no clothes to cover them and keep them from cold;

Yea, and to break the bread to the hungry; and to bring the poor that are harborless unto house; and when thou seest a naked, that thou clothe him and that thou shouldest withdraw thyself from helping thine own flesh?

If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily food,

Vinegar

As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is to the eyes; even so is a sluggish person to them that sendeth him forth.

So

For they that led us away captive required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness. "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance;

So the king went in to his palace, and kept him sober all night, so that there was no table spread before him, neither could he take any sleep.

Be merry with them that are merry. Weep with them that weep.

and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.