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Proverbs 25:21

If thin enemy hungrith, feede thou him; if he thirstith, yyue thou watir to hym to drinke;

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

In Context

20and leesith his mentil in the dai of coold. Vynegre in a vessel of salt is he, that singith songis to the worste herte. As a mouyte noieth a cloth, and a worm noieth a tree, so the sorewe of a man noieth the herte.

22for thou schalt gadere togidere coolis on his heed; and the Lord schal yelde to thee.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:15And the men stoden, whiche we remembriden bifore, and thei token the prisounneris, and clothiden of the spuylis alle that weren nakid; and whanne thei hadden clothid hem, and hadden schod, and hadden refreschid with mete and drynke, and hadden anoyntid for trauel, and hadden youe cure, `ether medecyn, to hem; `thei puttiden hem on horsis, whiche euere `myyten not go, and weren feble `of bodi, and brouyten to Jerico, a citee of palmes, to `the britheren of hem; and thei turneden ayen in to Samarie.

Proverbs 24:17Whanne thin enemye fallith, haue thou not ioye; and thin herte haue not ful out ioiyng in his fal;

Matthew 5:44But Y seie to you, loue ye youre enemyes, do ye wel to hem that hatiden you, and preye ye for hem that pursuen, and sclaundren you;

Romans 12:20But if thin enemy hungrith, fede thou hym; if he thirstith, yyue thou drynke to hym; for thou doynge this thing schalt gidere togidere colis on his heed.

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