¹⁷ Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,
and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,^(A)
18 or the Lord will see, be displeased,
and turn his wrath away from him.

²¹ If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,^(A)
22 for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.^(B)

⁶ The wounds of a friend are trustworthy,^(A)
but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.^(B)