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Proverbs 25:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Proverbs 25:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
20 Like vinegar on a wound[a]
is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood,
sorrow gnaws at the human heart.[b]
21 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat;
and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink;
22 for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,
and the Lord will reward you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:20 Gk: Heb Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, like vinegar on lye
- Proverbs 25:20 Gk Syr Tg: Heb lacks Like a moth . . . human heart
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