Fire - Fight fire with fire; Add fuel to the fire

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Fire - Fight fire with fire; Add fuel to the fire

Postby dreams » Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:05 pm

Meaning: Reward evil for evil. Provoke more evil.

Biblical Meaning: Don't go that way.

1 Thes. 5:15
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

Romans 12:21
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Matthew 5:43-45
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. [44] But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; [45] That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Luke 6:35
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

1 Cor. 4:12
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

1 Peter 2:23
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

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