Proverbs 25:22
for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
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. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
23The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”
1 Corinthians 15:18Then they also who are fallen asleep in Messiah have 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 →