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20 Like vinegar on a wound[a]
    is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood,
    sorrow gnaws at the human heart.[b]

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  1. 25.20 Gk: Heb Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, like vinegar on lye
  2. 25.20 Gk Syr Tg: Heb lacks Like a moth . . . human heart

15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.(A)

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20 A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected,
    for he does not tell it at the proper time.(A)

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