Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

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Bible References

Gave him

Matthew 25:35
for [when] I was hungry, you fed me; [when] I was thirsty, you gave me [something] to drink; [when] I came [to you as] a stranger, you gave me a place to stay;
Luke 10:36
[Now] which of these three men do you think acted like a neighbor to the man attacked by the robbers?"
Romans 12:20
But [Prov. 25:21-25 says], "Feed your enemy if he is hungry; give him something to drink if he is thirsty. For when you do this, it will be [like] heaping burning coals on his head." [i.e., it can cause him burning shame that can lead to his repentance and ultimate forgiveness].

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Mark 8:3
And if I send them home hungry they will become weak on the way, because some of them have come a long distance."