“Don’t strike them down,” he replied. “Would you strike down those whom you have captured with your own sword and bow? Set before them bread and water that they may eat and drink and go back to their master.”
Proverbs 25:21 - Tree of Life Version If your enemy is hungry, give him bread 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: |
“Don’t strike them down,” he replied. “Would you strike down those whom you have captured with your own sword and bow? Set before them bread and water that they may eat and drink and go back to their master.”
Then the men designated by name stood up and took the captives, and they clothed all who were naked from the plunder. They gave them clothes and sandals, food and drink, anointed them, led all the feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them back to their kinsmen at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.
He allows him to rest in a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, or let your heart be glad when he stumbles,
Do not say, “I will do to him what he has done to me; I will pay him back for his deed!”
Like taking off a garment on a cold day or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Now behold, I know for certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will rise in your hand.