Proverbs 25:20

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Who so syngeth a songe to a wicked herte, clotheth hi with ragges in the colde, and poureth vyneger vpon chalke.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Be mery with them that are mery and wepe with them that wepe.
  • Eccl 3:4 : 4 A tyme to wepe, and a tyme to laugh: A tyme to mourne, and a tyme to daunse:
  • Isa 58:7 : 7 It pleaseth not me, till thou deale thy bred to the hongrie, & brynge the poore fatherlesse home in to thy house, when thou seist the naked that thou couer him, and hyde not thy face fro thine owne flesh.
  • Dan 6:18 : 18 So the kynge wente in to his palace, and kepte him sober all night, so that there was no table spred before him, nether coude he take eny slepe.
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode, 16 & one of you saye vnto them: Departe in peace, God sende you warmnes and fode: notwithstodinge ye geue them not tho thinges which are nedfull to the body: what helpeth it them?
  • Jas 5:15 : 15 and ye prayer of faith shal saue the sicke, and the LORDE shal rayse him vp: and yf he haue comitted synnes, they shalbe forgeuen him.
  • Deut 24:12-17 : 12 But yf it be a poore body, thou shalt not lye downe to slepe, with his pledge, 13 but shalt delyuer him his pledge agayne, whan the Sonne goeth downe, that he maye slepe in his awne rayment, and blesse the, so shall the same be rekened vnto the for righteousnes before the LORDE thy God. 14 Thou shalt not withdrawe the hyre of ye nedye and poore amonge thy brethren, or straunger that is in thy londe, 15 or within thy gates, but shalt geue him his hyre the same daye, that the Sonne go not downe theron, for so moch as he is nedye, and his life susteyned therwith: that he call not vpon the LORDE agaynst the, and it be synne vnto the. 16 The fathers shal not dye for the children, ner the childre for the fathers, but euery one shal dye for his awne synne. 17 Thou shalt not wrest the righte of the straunger and of the fatherlesse. And ye wedowes rayment shalt thou not take to pledge:
  • Job 24:7-9 : 7 They are the cause yt so many men are naked and bare, hauynge no clothes to couer them and kepe them from colde: 8 So that when the showers in the mountaynes haue rayned vpon them, & they be all wett, they haue none other sucoure, but to kepe them amonge the rockes. 9 They spoyle the suckinge fatherlesse children, and put the poore in preson: 10 In so moch that they let them go naked without clothinge, and yet the hungrie beare the sheeues.
  • Ps 137:3-4 : 3 The, they that led vs awaye captyue, requyred of vs a songe and melody in or heuynes: synge vs one of the songes of Sion. 4 How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauge lode?
  • Prov 10:26 : 26 As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is vnto ye eyes, eue so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 15:13
    73%

    13A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy.

  • Prov 17:22
    72%

    22A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mide dryeth vp ye bones.

  • Prov 12:25
    71%

    25Heuynesse discorageth ye herte of man, but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.

  • Eccl 7:2-6
    5 verses
    70%

    2It is better to go in to an house of mournynge, then in to a bancket house. For there is the ende of all men, and he that is lyuinge, taketh it to herte.

    3It is better to be sory then to laugh, for whe the countenaunce is heuy, the herte is ioyfull.

    4The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.

    6For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.

  • Prov 31:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6Geue stronge drynke vnto soch as are condempned to death, & wyne vnto those yt mourne:

    7that they maye drynke it, & forget their misery & aduersite.

  • Prov 14:13
    70%

    13The herte is soroufull euen in laughter, and the ende of myrth is heuynesse.

  • Isa 24:7
    70%

    7The swete wyne shal mourne, the grapes shalbe weake, and all yt haue bene mery in harte, shal sighe.

  • Job 3:20
    69%

    20Wherfore is the light geuen, to him that is in mysery? and life vnto them, that haue heuy hertes?

  • Prov 25:19
    69%

    19The hope of the vngodly in tyme of nede, is like a rotten toth and a slippery foote.

  • Prov 25:21
    69%

    21Yf thine enemie honger, fede him: yf he thyrst, geue him drynke:

  • Prov 25:25
    68%

    25A good reporte out of a farre countre, is like colde water to a thyrstie soule.

  • Isa 24:9
    68%

    9there shal no more wyne bedronke with myrth, the beer shal be bytter to the that drinke it,

  • Prov 15:15
    68%

    15All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast.

  • Jas 4:9
    68%

    9Suffre affliccions: sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge, and youre ioye to heuynes.

  • Prov 25:23
    68%

    23The north wynde dryueth awaye the rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober countenauce a backbyters tonge.

  • Prov 23:7
    68%

    7for he hath a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto ye: eate and drynke, where as his herte is not wt ye.

  • Prov 25:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13Like as the wynter coole in the haruest, so is a faithfull messaunger to him that sent him, & refre?sheth his masters mynde.

    14Who so maketh greate boastes & geueth nothinge, is like cloudes & wynde without rayne.

  • Job 30:31
    68%

    31my harpe is turned to sorow, & my pipe to wepinge.

  • Lam 5:15
    67%

    15The ioye of oure herte is gone, oure mery quere is turned in to mourninge.

  • Job 21:25
    67%

    25Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse, and neuer had good daies.

  • Prov 14:10
    67%

    10The herte of him that hath vnderstondinge wil nether dispare for eny sorow, ner be to presumptuous for eny sodane ioye.

  • Ps 69:20
    67%

    20Thou knowest my reprofe, my shame & my dishonor: my aduersaries are all in thy sight.

  • Jer 8:18
    67%

    18Sorowe is come vpon me, and heuynes vexeth my herte:

  • Job 14:22
    67%

    22Whyle he lyueth, his flesh must haue trauayle: and whyle the soule is in him, he must be in sorowe.

  • Prov 27:7
    67%

    7He that is full, abhorreth an hony combe: but vnto him that is hogrie, euery sower thinge is swete.

  • Eccl 5:17
    67%

    17All the daies of his life also must he eate in the darcke, with greate carefulnesse, sicknesse & sorow.

  • Prov 27:9
    67%

    9The herte is glad of a swete oyntment and sauoure, but a stomacke that ca geue good councell, reioyseth a mans neghboure.

  • Prov 14:30
    66%

    30A mery herte is the life of the body, but rancoure consumeth awaye the bones.

  • Prov 10:26
    66%

    26As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is vnto ye eyes, eue so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth.

  • Prov 27:15
    66%

    15A brawlynge woman and the rofe of the house droppynge in a raynie daye, maye well be compared together.

  • Ps 109:18
    66%

    18Let it be vnto him as the cloke that he hath vpon him, and as the gyrdle that he is gyrded withall.

  • Job 12:5
    66%

    5Godlynesse is a light despysed in ye hertes of the rich, & is set for them to stomble vpon.

  • Ps 30:11
    66%

    11Hear (O LORDE) and haue mercy vpon me: LORDE be thou my helper.

  • Lam 3:15
    66%

    15He hath fylled me with bytternesse, & geuen me wormwod to drynke.

  • Eccl 2:23
    66%

    23but heuynesse, sorowe & disquyetnes all ye dayes of his life? In so moch that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vayne thinge?

  • Prov 26:18-19
    2 verses
    66%

    18Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure,

    19And then sayeth he: I dyd it but in sporte.

  • Isa 65:14
    66%

    14Beholde, my seruauntes shal reioyse for very quietnesse of herte. But ye shal crie for sorow of hert, and coplayne for vexacion of mynde.

  • Luke 5:36
    66%

    36And he sayde vnto them a symilitude: No man putteth a pece of new cloth in to an olde garment: for els he renteth the new, and the pece of the new agreeth not with the olde.

  • Ps 73:21
    66%

    21Thus my hert was greued, & it wente euen thorow my reynes.

  • Ps 80:5
    66%

    5Thou hast fed the with the bred of teares, yee thou hast geuen the pleteousnes of teares to drynke.

  • Prov 27:19
    65%

    19Like as in one water there apeare dyuerse faces, eue so dyuerse men haue dyuerse hertes.

  • Mark 2:21
    65%

    21No man soweth a pece of new cloth vnto an olde garment, for els he taketh awaye the new pece from the olde, and so is the ret worse.

  • Prov 26:9
    65%

    9A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.