 | 1611 - 360 էջ
...garment in cold weather, And as vinegar upon nitre, So is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. 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. The north wind driveth... | |
 | James Blair - 1740 - 476 էջ
...ftopping to cure him when wounded by Peter.. This is the Advice of the wife Solomon, Prov. xxv. 2i. If thine Enemy be hungry, give him Bread to eat : and if he be Thirfty, give him Water to drink : for thou Jhalt heap Coals of Fire upon his Head, and the Lord foall... | |
 | Stephen Weston (bp. of Exeter.) - 1747 - 540 էջ
...tinder his Burden,and.iaould*ft forbear to help him, thou jhalt furely help v»th him. And Prov. xxv. 21. If thine Enemy be hungry , give him Bread to eat • and if be be thirfty, give him Water to drink. Which is repeated by St. Paul, Rom. xii. 20. And fuch alfo... | |
 | 1788 - 598 էջ
...taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre ; i'e Is he that fmgeth fongs to an heavy heart. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirfty, give him water to drink : 22 For thou fhalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 էջ
...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 lie be thirsty, give him water to drink : for thou shall heap coals of fire upon kis head," &c. Prov.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 էջ
...flow to anger, is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his fpirit, than he that taketh a city. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirfty, give him water to drink. Seeft thou a man wife in his own conceit ? There is more hope of... | |
 | John Hey - 1801 - 278 էջ
...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,... | |
 | Niel Douglas - 1802 - 302 էջ
...limited beneficence are fpoken of as operating like fire in fubduing.the enmity of others ; " If tfaine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirfty, give him water to drink ; for thou fhalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord (hall... | |
 | Samuel Clark - 1803 - 244 էջ
...22. Say not thou, I will recompen/e evil : but wait on the LORD, and he fhall fave thee. Prov. xxv. 21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirfty, give him •water to drink. Ver. 22. For thou {halt heap coals of fire upon his head, and... | |
 | 1803 - 488 էջ
...pervcrfe tradition or conilruaion of the Pharifees. The old tcilamcnt, as well as the new, directs, " If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirily, give him water to drink. "$ The religon of both diipcnfntions is cflentially the the fame,... | |
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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. 
