Love Your Enemies

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;

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. — read the full passage →

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

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.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, — read the full passage →

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: — read the full passage →

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Let all your things be done with charity.

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.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. — read the full passage →

When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. — read the full passage →

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

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

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. — read the full passage →

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: — read the full passage →

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, — read the full passage →

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. — read the full passage →

But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. — read the full passage →

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: — read the full passage →

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: — read the full passage →

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. — read the full passage →

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

We love him, because he first loved us.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. — read the full passage →

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. — read the full passage →

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. — read the full passage →

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.