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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Romans 12:20 → Proverbs 25:21

Quotation

Later text

Romans 12:20BSB

On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Earlier text

Proverbs 25:21BSB

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:19

Significance

Love for enemies may bring shame leading to repentance (or further condemnation). Paul omits Proverbs' "the LORD will reward you" because he's already addressed recompense in v.19. Combines hope for enemy's conversion with allowance for divine judgment.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Analogy

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Lamech's Song (Vengeance vs Forgiveness) Trajectory Table