aCited Rom. 12:20; [2 Kgs. 6:22; 2 Chr. 28:15]; See Ex. 23:4, 5
bPs. 140:10
cLuke 6:27, 28; Rom. 12:20; [Ex. 23:4; Job 31:29, 30; Ps. 7:4]
dLuke 23:34; Acts 7:60; 2 Tim. 4:16; 1 Pet. 3:9
eCited from Prov. 25:21, 22; [Ex. 23:4, 5; 2 Kgs. 6:22; Luke 6:27]

Proverbs 25:21-22

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

Matthew 5:44

44But I say to you, cLove your enemies and dpray for those who persecute you,

Romans 12:20-21

20To the contrary, e“if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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