a“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
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Romans 12:19-21
avenge not, etc.—(See on Romans 12:14).
but rather give place unto wrath—This is usually taken to mean, "but give room or space for wrath to spend itself." But as the context shows that the injunction is to leave vengeance to God, "wrath" here seems to mean, not the offense, which we are tempted to avenge, but the avenging wrath of God (see II Chronicles 24:18), which we are enjoined to await, or give room for. (So the best interpreters).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Romans 12:19:
Proverbs 20:22
Isaiah 59:17
Jeremiah 50:15
Ezekiel 25:15
Matthew 5:5
Romans 12:1
Romans 12:21
Hebrews 10:30
1 Peter 2:23
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