Elisha replied, ‘Don’t kill them. Do you kill those you have captured with your sword or your bow? Set food and water in front of them so they can eat and drink and go to their master.’
Proverbs 25:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; [Matt. 5:44; Rom. 12:20.] American Standard Version (1901) If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: Common English Bible If your enemies are starving, feed them some bread; if they are thirsty, give them water to drink. Catholic Public Domain Version If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink: |
Elisha replied, ‘Don’t kill them. Do you kill those you have captured with your sword or your bow? Set food and water in front of them so they can eat and drink and go to their master.’
Then the men who were designated by name took charge of the captives and provided clothes for their naked ones from the plunder. They clothed them, gave them sandals, food and drink, dressed their wounds, and provided donkeys for all the feeble. The Israelites brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, among their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it, but his eyes watch over their ways.
Don’t gloat when your enemy falls, and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
Don’t say, ‘I’ll do to him what he did to me; I’ll repay the man for what he has done.’
Singing songs to a troubled heart is like taking off clothing on a cold day or like pouring vinegar on soda. ,
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
‘Now I know for certain you will be king, and the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.