Proverbs 25:20 (WEB)
As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Fathers and councils · 2
Catena Aurea on Mark
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Mark
“They also think that by the worm must be understood the same grief, as is said: “As a moth destroys a garment, and a worm wood, so grief tortures the heart of man.” [Prov 25:20 Vulgate]” — the author cites it
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John Cassian
“For “as the moth injures the garment, and the worm the wood, so dejection the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxv. 20 (LXX.).
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 9:43–50 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 9:43–50 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 9:43–50 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 9:43–50 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 9:43–50 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 9:43–50 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 9:43–50 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 9:43–50 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 9:43–50 (Catena Aurea).