Loving Your Enemies

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: — read the full passage →

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

Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.

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

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

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

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

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

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

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 that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, — read the full passage →

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

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

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.

and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:

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

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Let all that ye do be done in love.

that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

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

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him — 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 →

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

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

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

And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them.

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

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

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

But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

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

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress. — read the full passage →

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

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

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

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

And he said unto them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected. — read the full passage →

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

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

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 unto you. — read the full passage →

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

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

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

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers; — read the full passage →

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

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

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 →

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

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

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

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

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

We love, because he first loved us.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

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

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

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

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly. — read the full passage →

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

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; — read the full passage →

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

And when they came unto the place which is called The skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left. — read the full passage →

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

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: — read the full passage →

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum. — read the full passage →

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you; — read the full passage →

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,