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Proverbs 25:23

Verse 23 of 28. The 25th of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.

19Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.

20As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

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

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

23The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

25Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

26Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

27It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

Read Proverbs 25

World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.