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Proverbs 25:20-28
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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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[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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