Matthew 5:44

The Sermon On The Mount: Love For Enemies

⁴³ "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' ⁴⁴ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ⁴⁵ so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

But I Say to You

Do Good

Love Your Enemies

Pray for

Your Enemy

Luke 23:34

And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Luke 6:27-28

"But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Acts 7:60

And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Romans 12:14

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

Psalm 7:4

if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,

Romans 12:20-21

To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head."

1 Peter 2:23

When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

Exodus 23:4-5

"If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him

2 Kings 6:22

He answered, "You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master."

Psalm 35:13-14

But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.

Proverbs 25:21-22

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

Luke 6:34-35

And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.

1 Corinthians 4:12-13

and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

2 Chronicles 28:9-15

But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, "Behold, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand, but you have killed them in a rage that has reached up to heaven.