Proverbs 25:21-28 ▼

21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

23 The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

24 [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

25 [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.

26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

27 [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.

28 He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.