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Villagers give water, bread, and shade to a hungry hostile official while an abandoned club remains untouched.
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Romans 12:19-21

Overcome Evil with Good

Living Worship, Many Gifts, and Overcoming Evil with Good · Romans 12

Story guide: Disclosed visual essay. Personal vengeance is relinquished to God. Feeding a hungry enemy and giving drink to a thirsty enemy answer hostility with mercy; ordinary hearth coals prepare the meal, and good overcomes evil without retaliation.

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19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

20But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on his head.

21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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