Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
Despitefully
General references
Bible References
Bless
Luke 23:34
[[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothes.
Acts 7:60
And falling to [his] knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" And [after he] said this, he fell asleep.
Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute, bless and do not curse [them].
1 Corinthians 4:12
and we toil, working with our own hands. [When we are] reviled, we bless; [when we are] persecuted, we endure;
James 3:10
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these [things] ought not to be so!
1 Peter 3:9
not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the other hand blessing [others], because for this [reason] you were called, so that you could inherit a blessing.
Despitefully
Ezekiel 25:15
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of the {acting} of [the] Philistines in vengeance, so that they avenged themselves relentlessly with malice in themselves for destruction {with everlasting hostility},
Ezekiel 36:5
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Certainly} in the fire of my passion I spoke against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who made my land as possession, because of its pastureland for plunder, for themselves in all of [the] joy of their whole heart [and] in [their] inner disdain."
Acts 14:5
So when an inclination took place [on the part] of both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat [them] and to stone them,
General references
Exodus 23:4
" 'If you come upon the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you will certainly bring it back to him
Numbers 12:13
And Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "God, {please heal her}!"
Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute, bless and do not curse [them].