| Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 pagina’s
...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.... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 pagina’s
...heroical, and fit for Christian imitation ; ' If thine enemy hunger, give him bread to eat; if he thirst, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head; and the Lord shall reward thee: be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.' THE FAMINE... | |
| sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pagina’s
...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... | |
| Thom Scott - 1824 - 620 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 - 1824 - 420 pagina’s
...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.... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 530 pagina’s
...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 Milton - 1825 - 794 pagina’s
...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 - 1825 - 698 pagina’s
...'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, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 pagina’s
...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.... | |
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