Proverbs 25:21
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 25:21
Commentary on Proverbs 25:21-22
(Read Proverbs 25:21-22)
The precept to love even our enemies is an Old Testament commandment. Our Saviour has shown his own great example in loving us when we were enemies.