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Proverbs 25:21-28
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Proverbs 25:21-28
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21
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22
For so you will heap coals of fire on his head, And the Lord will reward you.
23
The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
24
It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
25
As cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a far country.
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A righteous man who falters before the wicked Is like a murky spring and a polluted well.
27
It is not good to eat much honey; So to seek one's own glory is not glory.
28
Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls.
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.