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Patristic Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Prov 25:21-22 (The Desert Fathers, Sayings of the Early Christian Monks)

Desert Fathers, on Prov 25:21

Desert Fathers · c. A.D. 500

Prov 25:21 · Douay-Rheims

“If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink:”

On this verse:

“He also said, 'Evil cannot drive out evil. If anyone hurts you, do good to him and your good will destroy his evil.'”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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