Proverbs 25:21 (WEB)
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
Fathers and councils · 3
Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“And how too must we deal with our enemy himself according to that precept, “If thy enemy hunger, feed him.” [Prov 25:21]” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Then, further, if it is necessary that the enemy should not know when we do our alms, how shall we do with the enemy himself so as to fulfil that precept, “If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink”?” — editor's note: Prov. xxv. 21.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Again, in the same place: “If thine enemy hunger, feed him; and if he thirst, give him to drink: for by doing this thou shalt scatter live coals upon his head.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxv. 21.
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together with
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:2–4 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:2–4 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:2–4 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:2–4 (6) (Catena Aurea).
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Romans 12:20 takes up the words of Proverbs 25:21 (11 words in common).