Proverbs 25:21-28 Parallel Bible Translations

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21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
22 For in so doing you will be heaping burning coals upon his head, and YHWH will give recompense to you. for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
23 A north wind twists out rain, and a secret tongue brings faces of indignanation. The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks. Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.
24 Better to sit on the corner of roof, than with a wife of quarrels and a house of company. It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
25 Cold water over a weary soul, is good news from a land far away. Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
26 A spring made foul or a well spoiled is a righteous one swaying before the face of a wicked one. Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.
27 To eat much honey is not good, nor the searching for his own honor. It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory. It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.
28 A city breached, without a wall, is a man who is without restraint to his spirit. A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.
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