Proverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. 2 If he is thirsty, give him water to drink: 1
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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:
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Cross References
Proverbs 24:17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. 2 Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown; 1
Matthew 5:44But I tell you, show agapao ·total devoted love· to your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate and detest you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
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 →