Bible verse

Proverbs 25:21

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

Proverbs 25:21 · BSB

Proverbs 25:21 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 25.

17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

18 Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

19 Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

22 For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

Read all of Proverbs 25

Proverbs 25:21 in other translations

KJV

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

ASV

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

ERV

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

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