‏ Proverbs 25:21-22

Verse 21. If thine enemy be hungry] See this and the next verse explained, Ro 12:20.

 Verse 22. 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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