Proverbs 25:21

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

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  • Exod 23:4-5 : 4 If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you must certainly return it to him. 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you collapsing under its load, and you would refrain from helping, you must surely help with it.
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
  • Rom 12:20-21 : 20 If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head. 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • Prov 24:17 : 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.
  • 2 Chr 28:15 : 15 The men who were designated by name took charge of the captives. They clothed all the naked among them using the plunder, giving them clothes and sandals, food and drink, and anointed them. They led all those who were weak on donkeys, brought them to their relatives in Jericho, the city of palm trees, and then returned to Samaria.
  • Luke 10:33-36 : 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The next day, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' 36 Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?
  • 2 Kgs 6:22 : 22 Elisha answered, "Do not kill them. Would you kill those you have captured with your sword or bow? Set food and water before them so they can eat and drink and then return to their master."

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  • Rom 12:19-21
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    88%

    19Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord.

    20If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.

    21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

  • Prov 25:22
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    22By doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

  • Job 22:7
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    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Matt 5:42-44
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    73%

    42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

    43You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

    44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

  • Matt 25:35
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    35For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;

  • Matt 25:42
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    42For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink;

  • Exod 23:4-5
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    4If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you must certainly return it to him.

    5If you see the donkey of someone who hates you collapsing under its load, and you would refrain from helping, you must surely help with it.

  • Isa 58:10
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    10If you offer yourself to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like noonday.

  • Prov 11:25
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    25A generous soul will prosper, and whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

  • Ps 80:5
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    5LORD God of Hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?

  • Matt 25:37
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    37Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

  • Prov 22:9
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    9The generous person will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

  • Luke 6:35
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    35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

  • Prov 24:17
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    17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.

  • Luke 6:27
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    27But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.

  • Deut 28:48
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    48You will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and total destitution. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • 2 Kgs 6:22
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    22Elisha answered, "Do not kill them. Would you kill those you have captured with your sword or bow? Set food and water before them so they can eat and drink and then return to their master."

  • 1 Sam 24:19
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    19Today you have shown that you dealt well with me, for when the LORD gave me into your hand, you did not kill me.

  • Isa 58:7
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    7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, clothe them, and do not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood.

  • Prov 25:20
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    20Like one who removes a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

  • Luke 6:29-31
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    29If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.

    30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

    31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  • Prov 23:6-7
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    6Do not eat the bread of a stingy person, nor crave his delicacies.

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    4O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands,

  • Prov 3:30
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    30Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

  • Matt 5:40
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    40And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.

  • Prov 24:29
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    29Do not say, 'I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his deeds.'

  • Prov 23:2
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    2Place a knife to your throat if you are a person given to appetite.

  • Isa 21:14
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    14Bring water to the thirsty, you inhabitants of the land of Tema; bring bread for the fugitives.

  • Prov 6:30
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    30Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

  • Job 20:23
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    23When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats.

  • Mark 9:41
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    41'Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose their reward.'

  • Prov 16:7
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    7When the Lord is pleased with a person’s ways, He makes even their enemies to be at peace with them.

  • Ezek 18:16
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    16He does not oppress anyone, or require a pledge for a loan, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

  • Ezek 18:7
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    7He does not oppress anyone, but restores a pledge for a loan; he does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked.

  • Exod 22:5
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    5If a fire breaks out and catches on thorn bushes so that a stack of grain, standing grain, or a field is destroyed, the one who started the fire must make full compensation.

  • Ps 55:12
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    12Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
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    15Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as a brother or sister.

  • 1 Kgs 22:27
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    27And say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water of affliction until I return safely.’

  • Isa 1:19
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    19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

  • Matt 10:42
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    42And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple—truly I tell you, he will by no means lose his reward.