Exo 23:4-5, Pro 25:21-22 | ESV | STEP | If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray , you shall bring it back to him.

a[Deut. 22:1, 4; Prov. 25:21; Matt. 5:44; Rom. 12:20; 1 Thess. 5:15]

bCited Rom. 12:20; [2 Kgs. 6:22; 2 Chr. 28:15]; See Ex. 23:4, 5

Exodus 23:4-5

4 ^a“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him. 5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

Proverbs 25:21-22

21 ^bIf your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
22 for you will heap ^cburning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.