Proverbs 25:21–22
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25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
25:22for you will heap coals of fire on his head,46
and the Lord will reward you.47
Footnotes
- 46 The imagery of the “burning coals” represents pangs of conscience, more readily effected by kindness than by violence. These coals produce the sharp pain of contrition through regret (e.g., 18:19; 20:22; 24:17; Gen 42–45; 1 Sam 24:18–20; Rom 12:20). The coals then would be an implied comparison with a searing conscience.
- 47 The second consequence of treating enemies with kindness is that the Lord will reward the act. The fact that this is promised shows that the instruction here belongs to the religious traditions of Israel.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat.
If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads,
and the Lord will reward you.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
If your enemy is hungry, feed him bread,
and if thirsty, let him drink water.
For coals of fire you will heap upon his head,
and Yahweh will reward you.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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