...regularly. Solomon writes, about a thousand years before the birth of Christ, in the following manner; 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". Prov. xxv. 21,...

...Proverbs. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth; and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth ; 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. Say not, I will do...

...respect and attention, that the phrase in question might have originated from Proverbs, xxv. 22. " 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." But this is a metaphor expressive of the pain which...

...tyrant : when I have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the maids;3 1 will cut oft' their heads. thine 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," &c. Proverbs xxv, 22; — or as cittd in the Epistle...

...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...

...raiment, Deut. x. 18; and we are commanded to love our enemies, Matt. v. 44; and to feed them also. " If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink." Remember, reader, these are called our enemies; but Ahab hated God. I do not find that Ahab was an...

...accumulation of passages in which the phrase itself occurs, the original of it is still left unexplored : " If thine 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," &c. Proverbs xxv. 22; — or as cited in the Epistle...

...garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink : 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. 23 The north...

...fumishe« us with a beautiful, and perhap* just illustration of Solomou's 1805.] Words, Prov. xxv. 21,22, 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. To act with a direct view either to irritate still...

...being defamed, we entreat. Thou shalt not avenge or bear any grudge against the children of thy people. 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. Dearly beloved,...