A quotation from The Bible

If your enemies are starving, feed them some bread;
   if they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
By doing this, you will heap burning coals on their heads,
   and the Lord will reward you.

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 20. Proverbs 25:21ff (Prov 25:21-22) [CEB (2011)]


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