Luke 6:28

The Sermon On The Plain: Love For Enemies

²⁷ "But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you; ²⁸ bless those who curse you; pray for those who revile you. ²⁹ To him who gives you a blow on one side of the face offer the other side also; and to him who is robbing you of your outer garment refuse not the under one also.

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1 Peter 3:9

not requiting evil with evil nor abuse with abuse, but, on the contrary, giving a blessing in return, because a blessing is what you have been called by God to inherit.

Luke 23:34

Jesus prayed, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing." And they divided His garments among them, drawing lots for them;

Romans 12:14

Invoke blessings on your persecutors--blessings, not curses.

1 Corinthians 4:12

Homes we have none. Wearily we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we bear it patiently;

Matthew 5:44

But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors;

Luke 6:27

"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you;

Luke 6:35

Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Acts 7:60

Then, rising on his knees, he cried aloud, "Lord, do not reckon this sin against them." And with these words he fell asleep.

Acts 14:5

And when a hostile movement was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with the sanction of their magistrates, to maltreat and stone them,

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.