If thine enemy be hungry, &c. Quoted in Romans 12:20. compare 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 26:9. Illustrations: Azariah, Berachiah, &c. (2 Chronicles 28:12-15); Elisha (2 Kings 6:19-23). By the Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), these examples are put for all similar kinds.
Related Commentaries of Proverbs 25:21
Proverbs 25:21
21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: