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Proverbs 25:21-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 25:21-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat,
and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink,(A)
22 for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,
and the Lord will reward you.(B)
Proverbs 25:21-22
International Standard Version
Proverbs 25:21-22
International Standard Version
21 If your enemy hungers, give him food to eat;
and if he thirsts, give him water to drink.
22 For you’ll be piling burning coals of shame[a] on his head
and the Lord will reward you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:22 The Heb. lacks of shame
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