Proverbs 25:21-28 ▼

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

22 for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

23 The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

24 Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.

25 Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat.

26 A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

27 It is not good to eat too much honey or to seek glory after glory.

28 A person who does not control his temper is like a city whose wall is broken down.