New American Standard Bible 1995

Proverbs 25:21-28

21 1If 2your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;22For you will 3heap burning coals on his head, And 4the Lord will reward you.23The north wind brings forth rain, And a 5 6backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.24It is 7better to live in a corner of the roof Than 8in a house shared with a contentious woman.25Like cold water to a weary soul, So is 9good news from a distant land.26Like a 10trampled spring and a 11polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.27It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to 12search out 13one’s own glory.28Like a 14city that is broken into and without walls Is a man 15who has no control over his spirit.

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Notes

1. Proverbs 25:21 Ex 23:4, 5; 2 Kin 6:22; 2 Chr 28:15; Matt 5:44; Rom 12:20 ↩
2. Proverbs 25:21 Lit one who hates you ↩
3. Proverbs 25:22 Lit snatch up ↩
4. Proverbs 25:22 2 Sam 16:12; Matt 6:4, 6 ↩
5. Proverbs 25:23 Lit tongue of secrecy ↩
6. Proverbs 25:23 Ps 101:5 ↩
7. Proverbs 25:24 Prov 21:9 ↩
8. Proverbs 25:24 Lit with a woman of contentions and a house of association ↩
9. Proverbs 25:25 Prov 15:30 ↩
10. Proverbs 25:26 Ezek 32:2; 34:18, 19 ↩
11. Proverbs 25:26 Lit ruined ↩
12. Proverbs 25:27 Prov 27:2; Luke 14:11 ↩
13. Proverbs 25:27 Lit their ↩
14. Proverbs 25:28 Prov 16:32 ↩
15. Proverbs 25:28 2 Chr 32:5; Neh 1:3 ↩

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