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Proverbs 25:20
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Proverbs 25:20
20As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
20 As hee that taketh away a garment in cold weather; and as vineger vpon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to an heauy heart.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 25:20
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
An article of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Without warmth or heat; as a noun, coldness, chill, or cold conditions.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The state or condition of the air or atmosphere.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A sour acidic drink or liquid, sometimes specified as made from wine or strong drink.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sings.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Of great weight; also grievous, sorrowful, burdened, or hard to bear.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
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Open the full verse study4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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Open the full verse study12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.
14¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
15At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
17¶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
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Open the full verse study7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
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Open the full verse study15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
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Open the full verse study18¶ Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
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Open the full verse study15And 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.
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Open the full verse study7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
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Open the full verse study26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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Open the full verse study3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
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