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Proverbs 25:20

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, such a laying aside of warm clothing on a cold day being manifestly a senseless way of doing things, and as vinegar upon niter, the result being the destruction of the soda on account of the chemical reaction produced, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart, for songs of mirth in a house of mourning are contradictory and useless, Romans 12:15.

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See also Proverbs 25:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 25:20. _AS VINEGAR UPON NITRE_] The original word נתר _nather_ is what is known among chemists as the _natron_ of the ancients and of the Scriptures, and _carbonate of soda_. It is fou...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Examples of unwisdom and incongruity sharpen the point of the proverb. Pouring vinegar upon nitre or potash utterly spoils it. The effervescence caused by the mixture is perhaps taken as a type of the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 25 Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets. PROVERBS...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TAKETHAWAY, &C.. decketh himself out in. Hebrew. _'adah._ See Job 40:10; Ezekiel 16:11; Ezekiel 16:13; Ezekiel 23:40;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _taketh away_ Better, TAKETH OFF. _nitre_ The Heb. word _nether_, occurs only here and in Jeremiah 2:22, where see note in this Series. The substance meant is not saltpetre, which is now what we under...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    CONFIDENCE IN AN UNFAITHFUL MAN— Houbigant renders this verse, _As a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint, is the protection of a wicked man in calamity; he will even take away the garment in cold we...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 25:20-28 20. As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart, 21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread t...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. (AS) HE THAT TAKETH AWAY A GARMENT (AN OUTER OR UPPER GARMENT) IN COLD WE...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The first clause should probably be omitted, and the v. should begin thus: 'Vinegar on a wound,' etc. The Heb. words for nitre and 'wound' are almost identical. To sing songs for one who is of a heavy...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    These people are all cruel. If someone steals a coat on a cold day, then that thief is very cruel. If someone pours acid on soap, that person is cruel. He spoils the soap. Now, nobody can use the soa...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AS VINEGAR UPON NITRE, by which the nitre is rendered useless. IS HE THAT SINGETH SONGS TO AN HEAVY HEART. — Not the true sympathy advised by St. Paul. (Romans 12:15.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מַ֥עֲדֶה בֶּ֨גֶד ׀ בְּ יֹ֣ום קָ֭רָה חֹ֣מֶץ עַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 26 THE KING "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SELF-CONTROL AND KINDLINESS Proverbs 25:15-28 In this paragraph we have good advice as to our dealings with the varied characters with whom we are forced into daily contact. Here is a man hard as a b...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon (o) soda, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. (o) Which melts it, and consumes it....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    And. Protestants, "as he that taketh away a, &c., and as vinegar....to a heavy heart." (Haydock) --- The former sentence may be joined with the preceding, as it is improper to deprive a person of his...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Confidence i...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [AS] HE THAT TAKETH AWAY A GARMENT IN COLD WEATHER,.... Either takes it off of himself, or another person, when it would be rather more proper to put another garment on, and so is exposed to the injur...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Proverbs 25:20 [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. Ver. 20. _As he that taketh away a garment in cold wea...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather_ When it is most necessary; _and as vinegar upon nitre_ Producing an effervescence through the contrariety of their qualities; _so is he that singeth...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN COLD WEATHER, when it is most seasonable and necessary. AS VINEGAR UPON NITRE, which dissolves the nitre, and makes it useless and ineffectual. SO IS HE, he is no less absurd and impertinent, THAT...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 25:20 away H5710 (H8688) garment H899 cold H7135 weather H3117 vinegar H2558 soda H5427 sings H7891 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly towa...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house._ BAD NEIGHBOURS Here are four kinds. I. The intrusive. It is pleasant to be visited by a neighbour whose interest is genuine. Two evils accrue to thos...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:20 This verse gives three examples of using the wrong solution to a problem. ⇐ ⇔

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 25:19. FOOT OUT OF JOINT. Rather “_An unsteady foot_.” PROVERBS 25:20. NITRE. “_Not the substance we now understand by nitre—i.e., nitrate of potassa (saltpetre), but the na...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1-29:27 PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the king and his subjects...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a per...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 6:18; Deuteronomy 24:12; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Isaiah 58:7; J

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    As vinegar — Which dissolves the nitre, and makes it useless and ineffectual....

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