Orthodox Jewish Bible

Mishle 25:21-28 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him lechem to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him mayim to drink;

22. For so shalt thou heap hot coals upon his rosh, and Hashem shall reward thee.

23. The ruach tzafon (north wind) brings forth geshem; so doth a lashon seter (backbiting tongue) bring an angry countenance.

24. It is better to dwell in the corner of the gag (roof), than in a bais shared with a quarrelsome isha.

25. As cold mayim to a weary nefesh, so is good news from a far country.

26. A tzaddik who falters before the rasha is like a muddy spring, and a polluted makor (fountain).

27. It is not tov to eat much devash; so for men to seek their own kavod is not glory.

28. He that hath no rule over his own ruach is like an ir that is broken down, and without a chomah (wall).