20 Like vinegar on a wound 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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 25:20

Commentary on Proverbs 25:20

(Read Proverbs 25:20)

We take a wrong course if we think to relieve those in sorrow by endeavouring to make them merry.