KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 25:21–25
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Proverbs 25:21
21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
21*If thine enemie be hungry, giue him bread to eate: and if hee be thirstie, giue him water to drinke.
- Exod.23.4. rom.12.20.
Proverbs 25:22
22For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
22For thou shalt heape coales of fire vpon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Proverbs 25:23
23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
23‖The North winde driueth away raine: so doeth an angrie countenance a backbiting tongue.
- Or, The Northwinde bringeth foorth raine, so doeth a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
Proverbs 25:24
24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
24* It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a brawling woman, and in a wide house.
- Chap. 21.9. and 19.13.
Proverbs 25:25
25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
25 As cold waters to a thirstie soule: so is good newes from a farre countrey.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 25:21
Lean; emaciated, as if reduced by hunger. Having a keen appetite; feeling pain or uneasiness from want of food.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Needing or desiring drink; very dry or parched; by figure, strongly desiring something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The common liquid necessary for life; as a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Proverbs 25:22
A pile or mass; to collect or pile up.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Pieces of wood or other combustible matter that are burning, ignited, or charred.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Recompense, or equivalent return for good done, for kindness, for services and the like.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 25:23
The northern direction, side, quarter, or region named by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To force, urge, guide, or cause to move forward.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Water falling in drops from the clouds; as a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Feeling or showing anger; wrathful or provoked.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
countenance
The face, facial appearance, or look that reveals a person's condition or disposition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
backbiting
The act of slandering the absent; secret calumny.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The organ of speech; a language; speech or manner of speaking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 25:24
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
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Quarrelsome, contentious, or given to noisy strife.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Broad, spacious, or having great extent.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 25:25
Without warmth or heat; as a noun, coldness, chill, or cold conditions.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Needing or desiring drink; very dry or parched; by figure, strongly desiring something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Recent account; fresh information of something that has lately taken place at a distance, or of something before unknown; tidings.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study20Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
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Open the full verse study44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
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Open the full verse study4¶ If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
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Open the full verse study17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
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Open the full verse study33But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
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Open the full verse study15And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
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Open the full verse study22And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study12It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.
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Open the full verse study13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
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Open the full verse study18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
From verse 23
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Open the full verse study20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
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Open the full verse study22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
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Open the full verse study20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
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Open the full verse study3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
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Open the full verse study30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
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Open the full verse study5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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Open the full verse study9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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Open the full verse study15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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Open the full verse study13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
From verse 25
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Open the full verse study30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
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Open the full verse study15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
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Open the full verse study1O GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
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Open the full verse study2Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?
3And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
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Open the full verse study16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
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Open the full verse study10And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
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Open the full verse study15Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
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Open the full verse study6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
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Open the full verse study15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
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Open the full verse study15And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
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Open the full verse study7¶ How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
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Open the full verse study1HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
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Open the full verse study14Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
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Open the full verse study37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
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Open the full verse study18¶ And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
19But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
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Open the full verse study1AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
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Open the full verse study6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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Open the full verse study17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
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