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13 Like cold snow during harvest time
    is a faithful messenger to those who send him;
        he refreshes his masters.

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13 Like the cold of snow on a day[a] of harvest
    is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
    and the soul[b] of his master is refreshed.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:13 Or “at a season”
  2. Proverbs 25:13 Or “life,” or “inner self”
  3. Proverbs 25:13 Or “returned”

16 If you find some honey,
    eat only what you need.
Take too much,
    and you’ll vomit.

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16 If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you,
    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.

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19 A bad tooth and an unsteady foot—
    that’s what confidence in an unreliable man is like
        in a time of trouble.

20 Taking your coat off when it’s cold
    or pouring vinegar on soda—
        that’s what singing songs does to a heavy heart.

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19 A bad tooth and a lame foot
    is the trust of a faithless person in a time[a] of trouble.
20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on natron,[b]
    is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:19 Literally “on a day”
  2. Proverbs 25:20 A mineral salt found on dry lake beds often used as a preservative.