 | Ebenezer Prout - 1846 - 544 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 shall heap coals of fire upon his head.' " NATIVE PRAYERS-AFFECTING... | |
 | J. Victor Wilson - 1846 - 344 pages
...solicitous of, and ACT FOR, the enlightenment and salvation of the erroneous and the uncharitable? 'If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty give him water to drink.' — Rom. xii. 20 ; — Prov. xxv. 21. It is not the disposition of... | |
 | Charles Bridges - 1847 - 574 pages
...like the good Samaritan, he " pours in his oil and wine for the healing of the wound."3 21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink : -2-2. For thou shall heap coals of Jin upon his head, and the Lord... | |
 | John Stow - 1847 - 1142 pages
...Universally Manifest — Deut. xxxii. 29, 35. Solomon, when under DIVINE Inspiration, admonishes, If thine thirsty, give him water to drink ! for than shall heap coals of fire upon his head ; and 'The LORD... | |
 | Simple family prayers - 1847 - 168 pages
...not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Prov. xxvii. 1. 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... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1847 - 564 pages
...25 : 15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water lo drink : 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD... | |
 | Ronald W. Pies - 2000 - 492 pages
...RABBINICAL COMMeNTAFV/ Toperoff cites, as further support for this mishnah, Proverbs 25:21: "If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink." Furthermore, we are to have high regard even for our enemy's property,... | |
 | Alan Dundes - 1999 - 148 pages
...example, consider the following two passages from the Old and New Testaments, respectively: 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... | |
 | Bernard S. Raskas - 2001 - 312 pages
...concern for the welfare of the animal alone, the Book of Proverbs (25:21) clarifies the matter: "If your enemy be hungry give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty give water to drink." What this seems to imply is that the enemy is human. There is also a... | |
 | Dagobert D. Runes - 2001 - 308 pages
...in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre: so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. 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... | |
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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. 
