THEOSISProverbs 25:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink:
אִם־רָעֵ֣ב שֹׂ֭נַאֲךָ הַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּ לָ֑חֶם וְאִם־צָ֝מֵ֗א הַשְׁקֵ֥הוּ מָֽיִם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Rom 12:20But if the enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
- Rom 12:21Be not overcome by evil: but overcome evil by good.
- Matt 5:44But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:
- Ex 23:4If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him.
- Ex 23:5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lie underneath his burden, thou shalt not pass by, but shalt lift him up with him.
- Prov 24:17When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:
- Luke 10:33But a certain Samaritan, being on his journey, came near him: and seeing him, was moved with compassion:
- Luke 10:36Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell among the robbers?