Proverbs 25:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 23:4-5 : 4 If you encounter your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him. 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying under its burden and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you;
  • Rom 12:20-21 : 20 Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink: for in so doing you will heap coals of fire 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 And the men who were mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and dressed them, and shod them, and gave them food and drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble among them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren. Then they returned to Samaria.
  • Luke 10:33-36 : 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 And went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you. 36 Now, which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?
  • 2 Kgs 6:22 : 22 And he answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 12:19-21
    3 verses
    88%

    19Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay,' says the Lord.

    20Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink: for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.

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

  • Prov 25:22
    81%

    22For you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward you.

  • Job 22:7
    75%

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

  • Matt 5:42-44
    3 verses
    73%

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

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

    44But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you;

  • Matt 25:35
    72%

    35For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in.

  • Matt 25:42
    72%

    42For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink.

  • Exod 23:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4If you encounter your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.

    5If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying under its burden and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.

  • Isa 58:10
    71%

    10And if you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in obscurity, and your darkness be as the noonday:

  • Prov 11:25
    71%

    25The generous soul shall be made rich, and he who waters shall be watered also himself.

  • Ps 80:5
    71%

    5You feed them with the bread of tears and give them tears to drink in great measure.

  • Matt 25:37
    71%

    37Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?

  • Prov 22:9
    71%

    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Luke 6:35
    70%

    35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

  • Prov 24:17
    70%

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

  • Luke 6:27
    70%

    27But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

  • Deut 28:48
    69%

    48Therefore you shall serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.

  • Prov 25:17
    69%

    17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.

  • 2 Kgs 6:22
    69%

    22And he answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

  • 1 Sam 24:19
    69%

    19For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safely? Therefore the LORD reward you good for that which you have done unto me this day.

  • Isa 58:7
    69%

    7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you do not hide yourself from your own flesh?

  • Prov 25:20
    69%

    20Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather, and like vinegar on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

  • Luke 6:29-31
    3 verses
    69%

    29And to him who strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and to him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also.

    30Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them back.

    31And as you would that men should do to you, do also to them likewise.

  • Prov 23:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

    7For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

  • Ps 7:4
    68%

    4If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him who without cause is my enemy:)

  • Prov 3:30
    68%

    30Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

  • Matt 5:40
    68%

    40If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also.

  • Prov 24:29
    68%

    29Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his work.

  • Prov 23:2
    68%

    2And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

  • Isa 21:14
    68%

    14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him who was thirsty, they met the fugitive with bread.

  • Prov 6:30
    68%

    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;

  • Job 20:23
    68%

    23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

  • Mark 9:41
    68%

    41For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

  • Prov 16:7
    68%

    7When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

  • Ezek 18:16
    68%

    16Nor has oppressed anyone, has not withheld the pledge, nor spoiled by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

  • Ezek 18:7
    68%

    7And has not oppressed anyone, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

  • Exod 22:5
    67%

    5If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed upon, and allows his animal to wander and feed in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

  • Ps 55:12
    67%

    12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it. Neither was it one who hated me that exalted himself against me; then I would have hidden from him,

  • 2 Thess 3:15
    67%

    15Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

  • 1 Kgs 22:27
    67%

    27And say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

  • Isa 1:19
    67%

    19If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land:

  • Matt 10:42
    67%

    42And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.