 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.  Interpretation of the Scriptures - Pagina 45door Arthur W. Pink - 2002 - 144 pagina’sGedeeltelijke weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1611 - 360 pagina’s
...garment in cold weather, And as vinegar upon nitre, So is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And...fire upon his head, And the Lord shall reward thee. The north wind driveth away rain: So doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. It is better to... | |
 | James Blair - 1740 - 476 pagina’s
...ftopping to cure him when wounded by Peter.. This is the Advice of the wife Solomon, Prov. xxv. 2i. If thine Enemy be hungry, give him Bread to eat : and if he be Thirfty, give him Water to drink : for thou Jhalt heap Coals of Fire upon his Head, and the Lord foall... | |
 | Stephen Weston (bp. of Exeter.) - 1747 - 540 pagina’s
...his Burden,and.iaould*ft forbear to help him, thou jhalt furely help v»th him. And Prov. xxv. 21. If thine Enemy be hungry , give him Bread to eat • and if be be thirfty, give him Water to drink. Which is repeated by St. Paul, Rom. xii. 20. And fuch alfo... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pagina’s
...garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre ; i'e Is he that fmgeth fongs to an heavy heart. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirfty, give him water to drink : 22 For thou fhalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pagina’s
...accumulation of passages in which the phrase itself occurs, the original of it is still left unexplored " If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if lie be thirsty, give him water to drink : for thou shall heap coals of fire upon kis head," &c. Prov.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pagina’s
...flow to anger, is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his fpirit, than he that taketh a city. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirfty, give him water to drink. Seeft thou a man wife in his own conceit ? There is more hope of... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pagina’s
...Solomon's 1805.] words, Prov. xxv. 2 1 , 22, If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and it" he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. To act with a direct view either to irritate still further the unjustifiable passions of an enemy,... | |
 | John Hey - 1801 - 278 pagina’s
...burden of the man that hateth us is seen lying under his burden. Exod. xxiii. 4, 5. Solomon says, " If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat : " and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink ": Prov. xxv. 21, which precept is cited and adopted by St. Paul, Rom. xii. 20. and will hereafter... | |
 | Niel Douglas - 1802 - 302 pagina’s
...limited beneficence are fpoken of as operating like fire in fubduing.the enmity of others ; " If tfaine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirfty, give him water to drink ; for thou fhalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord (hall... | |
 | Samuel Clark - 1803 - 244 pagina’s
...Say not thou, I will recompen/e evil : but wait on the LORD, and he fhall fave thee. Prov. xxv. 21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirfty, give him •water to drink. Ver. 22. For thou {halt heap coals of fire upon his head, and... | |
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