Proverbs 25:20

New Living Translation

²⁰Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart
is like taking someone’s coat in cold weather
or pouring vinegar in a wound.^[a]

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Footnotes

25:20 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads pouring vinegar on soda.

Proverbs 25:20 in all English translations

New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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