Prov.25.21

If you see your enemy hungry, go buy him lunch; if he's thirsty, bring him a drink.

Prov.25.21

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

Prov.25.21

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Prov.25.21

If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.

Prov.25.22

Your generosity will surprise him with goodness, and GOD will look after you.

Prov.25.22

In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

Prov.25.22

For so you will heap coals of fire on his head, And the LORD will reward you.

Prov.25.22

You will heap burning coals on their heads, and the LORD will reward you.

Prov.25.23

A north wind brings stormy weather, and a gossipy tongue stormy looks.

Prov.25.23

As a north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks.

Prov.25.23

The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

Prov.25.23

As surely as a wind from the north brings rain, so a gossiping tongue causes anger!

Prov.25.24

Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

Prov.25.24

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

Prov.25.24

It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Prov.25.24

It is better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a contentious wife in a lovely home.

Prov.25.25

Like a cool drink of water when you're worn out and weary is a letter from a long-lost friend.

Prov.25.25

Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

Prov.25.25

As cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a far country.

Prov.25.25

Good news from far away is like cold water to the thirsty.

Prov.25.26

A good person who gives in to a bad person is a muddied spring, a polluted well.

Prov.25.26

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

Prov.25.26

A righteous man who falters before the wicked Is like a murky spring and a polluted well.

Prov.25.26

If the godly compromise with the wicked, it is like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.

Prov.25.27

It's not smart to stuff yourself with sweets, nor is glory piled on glory good for you.

Prov.25.27

It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

Prov.25.27

It is not good to eat much honey; So to seek one's own glory is not glory.

Prov.25.27

Just as it is not good to eat too much honey, it is not good for people to think about all the honors they deserve.

Prov.25.28

A person without self-control is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out.

Prov.25.28

Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.

Prov.25.28

Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls.

Prov.25.28

A person without self-control is as defenseless as a city with broken-down walls.

Prov.26.1

We no more give honors to fools than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest.

Prov.26.1

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.

Prov.26.1

As snow in summer and rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool.

Prov.26.1

Honor doesn't go with fools any more than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

Prov.26.2

You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow.

Prov.26.2

Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Prov.26.2

Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, So a curse without cause shall not alight.

Prov.26.2

Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an unfair curse will not land on its intended victim.