 | Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 574 pages
...cover the multitude of sins," 1 Peter iv. 8. The following is very distinct and decisive " If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall... | |
 | Wilhelm Gesenius - 1836 - 1110 pages
...something exceedingly troublesome, which causes the severest pains and torments ; so Prov. 25: 21 if thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty give him water to drink ,-12 for so thou shall heap coals of fire on his head, ie so thou wilt... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 224 pages
...them." Perhaps his lordship had been reading the 25th chapter of Proverbs, where it is said, "If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink, for then shall thou heap, coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord... | |
 | John Williams - 1837 - 654 pages
...immediately turned to the king, and whispered, " Why you are as wise as Solomon ; for he says, ' If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head."' "True," he replied,... | |
 | Edward Pelham BRENTON - 1837 - 260 pages
...Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. 21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. CHAP, xxvin. Ver. 8. He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...cold weather, And аз vinegar upon nitre, So u he that singeth songs to art heavy heart. 21 If thine the son of my womb? And what, the son of my vows? I thirsty, give him water to drink : 22 For thou shalt heap coals of lire upon his head, And the LORD... | |
 | John Howe - 1838 - 662 pages
...that temper of Spirit also to which the blessed God hath particularly promised a reward. "If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink ; for thon shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1839 - 678 pages
...and attention, that the phrase in question might have originated from Proverbs xxv. 22. " If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head." But this is a metaphor... | |
 | James P. Miller - 1839 - 524 pages
...shalt nol abhor an Egyptian because thou wast a stranger in his land." (Deut. xxiii. 7.) " If ihine enemy be hungry give him bread to eat : and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink ; for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall... | |
 | 1839 - 1060 pages
...cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songi to an heavy heart. 21 slf thine ting Christian Knowledge thirsty, give him water to drink : 22 For thou shalt heap coals ol fire upon his head, and the LOUD... | |
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If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. 
