 | 1845 - 702 pages
...garment in cold weather, a nd as vinegar upon nitre: so is he that sintreth songs to an heavy heart. 21 ps, in the midst whereof Í dwell. 4 And the children of Israe thirsty, give him water to '¿'1 For thnu shnlt henp conls of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - 1845 - 204 pages
...when he stumbleth : Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink : For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall... | |
 | John Prince - 1846 - 490 pages
...the book of Proverbs, that the precept was enjoined upon mankind as long ago as the days of Solomon: "If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink : for thou *^att. vii. 12. t Ihid, xix. 19; xxii. 33. and Romans,... | |
 | Ebenezer Prout - 1846 - 544 pages
...I immediately turned to the king, and whispered, "Why, you are as wise as Solomon ; for he says, ' If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink ; for thou shall heap coals of fire upon his head.' " NATIVE PRAYERS-AFFECTING... | |
 | Alan Dundes - 1999 - 148 pages
...Testaments. For example, consider the following two passages from the Old and New Testaments, respectively: If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall... | |
 | Ronald W. Pies - 2000 - 492 pages
...RABBINICAL COMMeNTAFV/ Toperoff cites, as further support for this mishnah, Proverbs 25:21: "If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink." Furthermore, we are to have high regard even for our enemy's property,... | |
 | David Blewett - 2001 - 374 pages
...(eleven epistolary apostles to join Belford), which take seriously the injunction of Proverbs 25:21-22, "If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall... | |
 | Dagobert D. Runes - 2001 - 308 pages
...a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre: so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall... | |
 | Bernard S. Raskas - 2001 - 312 pages
...concern for the welfare of the animal alone, the Book of Proverbs (25:21) clarifies the matter: "If your enemy be hungry give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty give water to drink." What this seems to imply is that the enemy is human. There is also a... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 2002 - 300 pages
...the Gentiles as the Jews, than it is in the testament. It is there said, Proverbs, xxiv, ver. 2 1 , If thine enemy be hungry give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty give him •water to drink. But when it is said, as in the testament, if a man smite thee on... | |
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If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. 
