Proverbs 25:22

for you will shovel coals of fire on his head 1 and Yahweh will reward you. 1

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For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

In Context

21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, 1 and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, 1

23As surely as the north wind brings rain, 1 so a tongue that tells secrets will result in angry faces. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps Yahweh will look at the misery unleashed on me, and repay me with good for his cursing me today.”

1 Corinthians 15:18Then those who have died in Christ have also perished.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:22-23

Forgiveness of Enemies. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. By this it appears that, however the scribes and Pharisees had corrupted the law, not only the commandment of loving our brethren, but even that of loving our enemies, was not only a new, but also an old commandment, an Old-Testament commandment, though our Saviour has given it to us with the new enforcement of… Read the whole commentary →

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