Proverbs 25:22
For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
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ASV
For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee.
KJV
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
For thou shall heap coals of fire upon his head,.... Not to increase his punishment and damnation, the more aggravated by kindness shown him; but to bring him by such means to a sense of former injuries, and to shame for them, repentance of them, and love of the person injured, and carefulness for the future of doing him any further wrong; and the Lord shall reward thee: with good things, for all the good done to thine enemy, whether it has the desired effect on him or not; or whether he rewards thee or not; see Rom 12:20.
Thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head - Not to consume, but to melt him into kindness; a metaphor taken from smelting metallic ores: - So artists melt the sullen ore of lead, By heaping coals of fire upon its head: In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And pure from dross the silver runs below. S. Wesley.
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2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
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Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
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1 Corinthians 15:18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
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Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
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