21If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:


In Context

18 A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

20 As he that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar on nitre, so is he that singes songs to an heavy heart.

21 If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

22 For you shall heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD shall reward you.

23 The north wind drives away rain: so does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

Proverbs 25:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:21If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:21If thy enemy shall hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he shall thirst, give him water to drink:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:21If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.