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Proverbs 25:20-28

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20 Singing songs to a troubled heart is like taking off clothing on a cold day, or like [pouring] vinegar on soda.[a]
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 for you will heap coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.[b]
23 The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
24 Better to live on the corner of a roof than in a house shared with a nagging wife.[c]
25 Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat.[d] [e]
26 A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.
27 It is not good to eat too much honey,[f] or to seek glory after glory.
28 A man who does not control his temper[g] is like a city whose wall is broken down.
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Footnotes 7

  • [a] Lit natron, or sodium carbonate
  • [b] Mt 5:44; Rm 12:20
  • [c] Pr 15:17; 17:1; 21:9,19
  • [d] Or a weary person
  • [e] Pr 15:30
  • [f] Pr 25:16
  • [g] Pr 16:32; 29:11
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