Proverbs 25:21
If thy enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;
Leeser Tanakh
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
22For though thou gatherest coals of fire upon his head, yet will the Lord repay it unto thee.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:20And now, behold, I know that thou wilt surely become king, and that the kingdom of Israel will stand firmly in thy hand.
2 Chronicles 28:15And then arose the men who have been expressed by name, and took hold of the captives, and all that were naked among them they clothed from the booty; and they gave them garments and shoes, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, near their brethren; and then did they return to Samaria.
Proverbs 24:17At the fall of thy enemy do not rejoice; and at his stumbling let not thy heart be glad:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:21
20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. 1. The absurdity here censured is singing songs to a heavy heart. Those that are in great sorrow are to be comforted by sympathizing with them, condoling with them, and concurring in their lamentation. If we take that method, the moving of our lips may assuage their grief ( Job xvi. 5 ); but we take a wrong course with them if we think to relieve them by being merry with them, and… Read the whole commentary →