Proverbs 25:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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! Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? 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 spoil they clothed all who 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.