Proverbs 25:21

World English Bible

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat.
If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

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Proverbs 25:21 in other translations

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

Proverbs 25:21 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 25:21 in context

  1. 19Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble
    is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.
  2. 20As one who takes away a garment in cold weather,
    or vinegar on soda,
    so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
  3. 21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat.
    If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
  4. 22for you will heap coals of fire on his head,
    and Yahweh will reward you.
  5. 23The north wind produces rain;
    so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

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