Proverbs 25:21

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat; and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink;

Cross References

2 Kings 6:22

He answered, “No! Did you capture with your sword and your bow those whom you want to kill? Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink; and let them go to their master.”

2 Chronicles 28:15

Then those who were mentioned by name got up and took the captives, and with the booty they clothed all that were naked among them; they clothed them, gave them sandals, provided them with food and drink, and anointed them; and carrying all the feeble among them on donkeys, they brought them to their kindred at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.

Job 24:23

He gives them security, and they are supported; his eyes are upon their ways.

Proverbs 24:17

Do not rejoice when your enemies fall, and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble,

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me; I will pay them back for what they have done.”

Proverbs 25:20

Like vinegar on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood, sorrow gnaws at the human heart.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

1 Samuel 24:20

Now I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.