Proverbs 25:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.”
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“If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:”
King James Version · Public Domain“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 25:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:4If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
- 1 Samuel 24:20Now I know for sure that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
- 2 Kings 6:22“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
- 2 Chronicles 28:15Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
- Job 24:23He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
- Proverbs 24:17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
- Proverbs 24:29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
- Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- Luke 10:33But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion.
- Romans 12:20On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
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