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Thoughts Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Armando Ascorve Morales on Unsplash Proverbs chapters 25-29 were proverbs of Solomon that were collected under the supervision of King Hezekiah of Judah, about 270 years after Solomon died. 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,and the Lord will reward you.Proverbs 25:21-22 NIV Good? Bad? Verse 21 is self-explanitory. But what does verse 22 mean? Commentators over the years do not agree whether heaping coals on the head is a good thing or a bad thing, from the viewpoint of the enemy. It could be referring to a burning conviction that happens when we do something good for the enemy. Or perhaps the thought is of lending a burning coal to him to help light a fire for himself. The motivation, nonetheless is that we make a friend of an enemy, and we will receive a reward from the Lord. Adam Clarke wrote in one of his commentaries, “Not to consume,