If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If your enemy is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Exodus 23:4 - Easy To Read Version “If you see a lost bull or donkey, then you must return it to its owner. You must do this even if the owner is your enemy. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. American Standard Version (1901) If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. Common English Bible When you happen to come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey that has wandered off, you should bring it back to them. Catholic Public Domain Version If you come across an ox or a donkey of your enemy, which has gone astray, lead it back to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him. |
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If your enemy is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Or a person might find something that was lost and then lie about it. Or a person might promise to do something and then not do what he promised. Or a person might do some other bad thing.
But I tell you, love your enemies. Pray for those people that do bad things to you.
Be sure that no person pays back wrong for wrong. But always try to do what is good for each other and for all people.