Proverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
Rom. 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
The church of James was the first to fall. Works come via faith, not the other way around.