Proverbs 25:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Hee that taketh away the garment in the colde season, is like vineger powred vpon nitre, or like him that singeth songs to an heauy heart.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Reioyce with them that reioyce, & weepe with them that weepe.
  • Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, and a time to dance.
  • Isa 58:7 : 7 Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh?
  • Dan 6:18 : 18 Then the King went vnto his palace, and remained fasting, neither were the instruments of musike brought before him, and his sleepe went from him.
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode, 16 And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithstading ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?
  • Jas 5:15 : 15 And the prayer of faith shall saue the sicke, and the Lord shall raise him vp: and if he haue committed sinnes, they shalbe forgiuen him.
  • Deut 24:12-17 : 12 Furthermore if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge, 13 But shalt restore him the pledge when the sunne goeth downe, that he may sleepe in his raiment, and blesse thee: and it shalbe righteousnesse vnto thee before the Lord thy God. 14 Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore, neyther of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates. 15 Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers, but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne. 17 Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.
  • Job 24:7-9 : 7 They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde. 8 They are wet with the showres of the moutaines, and they imbrace the rocke for want of a couering. 9 They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore. 10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and take the glening from the hungrie.
  • Ps 137:3-4 : 3 Then they that ledde vs captiues, required of vs songs and mirth, when wee had hanged vp our harpes, saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion. 4 Howe shall we sing, said we, a song of the Lord in a strange land?
  • Prov 10:26 : 26 As vineger is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slouthful to them that send him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    13A ioyfull heart maketh a chearefull countenance: but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22A ioyfull heart causeth good health: but a sorowfull minde dryeth the bones.

  • Prov 12:25
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    25Heauines in the heart of man doeth bring it downe: but a good worde reioyceth it.

  • Eccl 7:2-6
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    2(7:4) It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.

    3(7:5) Anger is better then laughter: for by a sad looke the heart is made better.

    4(7:6) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.

    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

    6(7:8) For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

  • Prov 31:6-7
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    6Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.

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  • Prov 14:13
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    13Euen in laughing the heart is sorowful, and the ende of that mirth is heauinesse.

  • Isa 24:7
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    7The wine faileth, the vine hath no might: all that were of merie heart, doe mourne.

  • Job 3:20
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    20Wherefore is the light giuen to him that is in miserie? and life vnto them that haue heauie hearts?

  • Prov 25:19
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    19Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.

  • Prov 25:21
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    21If hee that hateth thee be hungry, giue him bread to eate, and if he be thirstie, giue him water to drinke.

  • Prov 25:25
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    25As are the colde waters to a weary soule, so is good newes from a farre countery.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9They shall not drinke wine with mirth: strong drinke shall be bitter to them that drinke it.

  • Prov 15:15
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    15All the dayes of the afflicted are euill: but a good conscience is a continuall feast.

  • Jas 4:9
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    9Suffer afflictions, and sorrowe ye, and weepe: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your ioy into heauinesse.

  • Prov 25:23
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    23As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.

  • Prov 25:13-14
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    13As the colde of the snowe in the time of haruest, so is a faithfull messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soule of his masters.

    14A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.

  • Job 30:31
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    31Therefore mine harpe is turned to mourning, and mine organs into the voyce of them that weepe.

  • Lam 5:15
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    15The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.

  • Job 21:25
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    25And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.

  • Prov 14:10
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    10The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, & the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.

  • Ps 69:20
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    20Rebuke hath broken mine heart, and I am full of heauinesse, and I looked for some to haue pitie on me, but there was none: and for comforters, but I found none.

  • Jer 8:18
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    18I would haue comforted my selfe against sorowe, but mine heart is heauie in me.

  • Job 14:22
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    22But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shal mourne.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

  • Eccl 5:17
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    17(5:16) Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.

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    9As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.

  • Prov 14:30
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    30A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.

  • Prov 10:26
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    26As vineger is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slouthful to them that send him.

  • Prov 27:15
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    15A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.

  • Ps 109:18
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    18As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.

  • Job 12:5
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    5Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.

  • Ps 30:11
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    11Thou hast turned my mourning into ioy: thou hast loosed my sacke and girded mee with gladnesse.

  • Lam 3:15
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    15He hath filled me with bitternes, & made me drunken with wormewood.

  • Eccl 2:23
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    23For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

  • Prov 26:18-19
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    18As he that faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things,

    19So dealeth the deceitfull man with his friend and sayth, Am not I in sport?

  • Isa 65:14
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    14Beholde, my seruants shal sing for ioye of heart, and ye shal crye for sorow of heart, and shal howle for vexation of minde.

  • Luke 5:36
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    21Certainely mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reines:

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    5Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.

  • Prov 27:19
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    19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

  • Mark 2:21
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    21Also no man soweth a piece of newe cloth in an olde garment: for els the newe piece that filled it vp, taketh away somewhat from the olde, and the breach is worse.

  • Prov 26:9
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    9As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.