King James Version
Proverbs 25:25 in the King James Version says “As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.”
Proverbs 25:25 · KJV
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. driveth: or, bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“so is good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“from a far”
H4801remoteness, i.e., (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
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