 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 páginas
...evil by our good aóts, his animosity by our forbearance. The passage is taken from Prov. xxv. 21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink, fur thou shall heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord shall reward thee." It has been supposed... | |
 | George Holden - 1819 - 538 páginas
...garment in cold weather, And as vinegar upon nitre, So is he that singeth songs to a 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 t lion shall heap coals of fire upon his head ; And Jehovah shall reward thee. 23 The north... | |
 | James Hardie - 1819 - 364 páginas
...Rejoice at thy neighbours prosperity, and never embitter it with envy. on him— do it by benevolence. 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. Proverbs xxv. 21 and... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 452 páginas
...reproof which Job, with great justice, gave his friends, " Miserable comforters are ye all." Ver. 21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. This precept is grievous to flesh and blood. We are disposed by our pride and rage to inflict a severe... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 páginas
...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 wate' to drink. He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? He tbat formed the eye, shall he not see... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1822 - 504 páginas
...but rather give place to wrath," Rom. xii. 17. .Nay, this is not all; but in Prov, xxv. 21, we read " If thine enemy be hungry give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty give him water to drink." The word translated " give them bread," as critics observe, signifies to feed cheerfully and tenderly,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 páginas
...city. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him If lhin,e 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 Paine - 1824 - 420 páginas
...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 - 1824 - 620 páginas
...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 Locke - 1824 - 522 páginas
...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... | |
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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. 
