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Proverbs 25:20

Like one who removes a garment on a cold day

or vinegar poured on a wound

is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Proverbs 25:20 BSB
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Proverbs 25:20 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 12:15 (8 votes) and Ecclesiastes 3:4 (6 votes). 3 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Deuteronomy 24 to James 5.

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Which verses does Proverbs 25:20 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Romans 12:158 votes

    Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

  2. Ecclesiastes 3:46 votes

    a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

  3. James 2:15–164 votes

    Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

  4. Deuteronomy 24:12–173 votes

    If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God. …

  5. Proverbs 10:263 votes

    Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

  6. Isaiah 58:73 votes

    Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

  7. Job 24:7–102 votes

    Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold. Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter. …

  8. Psalm 137:3–42 votes

    for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.” How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

  9. Daniel 6:182 votes

    Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.

  10. James 5:152 votes

    And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

Which verses point to Proverbs 25:20?

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