 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...nil by our good acts, his animosity by our forbearance. The passage is taken from Prov. xxv. 21. " If " thine enemy be hungry, give him bread " to eat,...water to drink ; for thou shalt heap coals " of fire on his head, and the Lord shall " reward thee." It has been supposed that the heaping coals of fire... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...are cruel. Prov. He that is glad at calamities shall -not be unpunished. — Prov. xvii. 5. If thiue enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat : and if he be thirsty, give him .water to drink: for thou shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. — Prov. xxv. 21, 22. 2 Chron.... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...came and fought against Judah ; and being overcome, Judah shewed them kindness. — 2 Chron. xxviii. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat : and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink, &c. — Prov. xxv. 21. Rom. xii. 20. Seek the peace of the city, whither I have caused you to be carried... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Rationalism - 1824 - 420 pages
...the Gentiles as the Jews, than it is in the Testament. It is there said, Proverbs xxv. ver. 21, •' If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink :*" but when it is said, as in, the Testament, " If a man smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him.... | |
 | Thom Scott - Theology - 1824 - 620 pages
...men are ready enough to make exceptions to such general rules. Yet he approves of Solomon's maxim, " If thine " enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and " if he be thirsty, give him water to drink ;" l in hopes to give the gentiles the credit of it. But no such precept can be found in the book of... | |
 | John Milton - Dogma - 1825 - 794 pages
...prayers. Exod. xxiii. 4, 5. if thou meet thine enemy's ox or ass going astray, &c. Prov. xxv. 21, 22. if thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and...; for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah ^hall reward thee. See also Rom. xii. 14, 20. Matt. v. 44. love your enemies, bless them... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...'feed him ; if he thirst, gire him dr'nik: I for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on hit head. •If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat...he be thirsty, give him water to drink : For thou ehalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. Prov. xxv. 21, 22. See also... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...that hath pity on the poor, lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given, will he pay him again. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see ? I have been... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...slow to anger, is better than the.miehty ; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city. If thine enemy* be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. He that hath pity on the poor, lendeth to the Lord; that which he hath given, will he pay him again.... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1825 - 682 pages
...they were surely to help inrA Aim. (Exod. xxiii. 4, 5.) To the same purpose speaks Solomon. — Jjf thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. (Prov. xxv. 21.) The same compassion was to be shown to strangers as well as Israelites. — If a stranger,... | |
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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. 
