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Louis Segond 1910
Si ton ennemi a faim, donne-lui du pain à manger; S'il a soif, donne-lui de l'eau à boire.
KJV
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
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n videtur, quod omnes teneanlur ipsos effeclu diligere. 1 Vers. 5. — Seq. locus est Prov. 25, 21, ubi Vulgata loco verborum potum da illi exhibet da ei aquam bibere. — In fine urg. pfo tenebaritur edd. I, 2 teneantur, Vat. tenentur, et…
Thomas Aquinas
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eing ready in our minds, for instance to come to their assistance in a case of urgency, according to Prov. 25:21 : "If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him . . . drink." Outside cases of urgency, to show such like favors to an enemy belongs to the perfecti…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
oo must we deal with our enemy himself according to that precept, “If thy enemy hunger, feed him.” [ Prov 25:21 ] A third interpretation is ridiculous; that the left hand signifies the wife, and that because women are wont to be more close in the matter of expense out of the fami…
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