[As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Oter son vêtement dans un jour froid, Répandre du vinaigre sur du nitre, C'est dire des chansons à un coeur attristé.
KJV
[As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Origen
Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 10-11)
καὶ τῆς 2 II. Kor. 3, 16f — 5f I. Kor. 1, 5 — 9 Matth. 6, 20 — 10f. 16f. 18ff Vgl. Matth. 6, 20 — 13 Prov. 25, 20a — 16 Matth. 6, 21 — 17 Psal. 26, 3— 19 Joh. 10, 8 — 21 Eph. 2, 6 — 22 Phil. 3, 20 — 30 I. Tim. 4, 13 — 31 Psal. 1, 2 — 32ff Vgl. Harnack TU. 42, 4, 4 A. 2 2 ὅτι Ηu ὅ…
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
of the wise. As Solomon says: Like vinegar on a wound is someone who sings songs with a bad heart. (Proverbs 25:20) Pitch symbolizes the stain and darkness of sins. In Solomon: Whoever touches pitch will be stained by it. (Ecclesiastes 13:1) Strong drink represents a concoction o…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
Prov. 17:22 ): "A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones": and ( Prov. 25:20 ): "As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart": and ( Ecclus. 38:19 ): "Of sadness cometh death." I answer that,…
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