22 He [a]answered, “You shall not [b]kill them. Would you [c](A)kill those you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? (B)Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”

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  1. 2 Kings 6:22 Lit said
  2. 2 Kings 6:22 Lit smite
  3. 2 Kings 6:22 Lit smite

21 (A)If [a]your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For you will [b]heap burning coals on his head,
And (B)the Lord will reward you.
23 The north wind brings forth rain,
And a [c](C)backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
24 It is (D)better to live in a corner of the roof
Than [d]in a house shared with a contentious woman.
25 Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is (E)good news from a distant land.
26 Like a (F)trampled spring and a [e]polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
27 It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glory to (G)search out [f]one’s own glory.
28 Like a (H)city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man (I)who has no control over his spirit.

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  1. Proverbs 25:21 Lit one who hates you
  2. Proverbs 25:22 Lit snatch up
  3. Proverbs 25:23 Lit tongue of secrecy
  4. Proverbs 25:24 Lit with a woman of contentions and a house of association
  5. Proverbs 25:26 Lit ruined
  6. Proverbs 25:27 Lit their

44 But I say to you, (A)love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

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27 “But I say to you who hear, (A)love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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