30 Bible Verses about Loving Your Enemies

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Romans 12:14-21

Bless those who persecute you. Bless ye and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep, thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,read more.
rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men. If possible from you, keeping peace with all men, not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord. Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head. Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

Proverbs 25:21-22

If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. For thou will heap coals of fire upon his head, and LORD will reward thee.

Exodus 23:5

If thou see the donkey of him who hates thee lying under his burden, thou shall refrain leaving him. Thou shall surely release [it] with him.

John 13:33-35

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, Where I go, ye cannot come, I also now say to you. A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other. By this all men will know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love among each other.

1 Corinthians 13:1-8

If I speak with the tongues of men and of heavenly agents, but have not love, I have become sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal. And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. And if I dole out all things possessed by me, and if I deliver my body so that I may be burned, and have not love, I benefit nothing.read more.
Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up. It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil, does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth, covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But whether prophecies, they will be abolished, whether tongues, they will cease, whether knowledge, it will be abolished.

Romans 12:9-11

Love without hypocrisy, abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good, with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition, not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

Matthew 5:8-12

Blessed are the pure in heart, because they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God. Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.read more.
Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me. Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you.

Luke 13:32-35

And he said to them, Having gone, say to this fox, Behold, I cast out demons and finish cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am fully perfected. Nevertheless it is necessary for me to go today and tomorrow and the following, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather thy children together as a hen does her brood under her wings, and ye would not.read more.
Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I say to you, that ye will, no, not see me, until it will come when ye say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord.

Luke 23:28-37

But having turning to them, Jesus said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, instead weep for yourselves and for your children. Because, behold, the days are coming, during which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the bellies that gave no birth, and the breasts that did not suckle. Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us.read more.
Because if they do these things in the green tree, what will happen in the dry? And two other men, malefactors, were also led with him to be executed. And when they came to the place called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one at the right hand and the other at the left. And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot. And the people had stood watching. And also the rulers with them sneered, saying, He saved others. He should save himself, if this is the Christ, the chosen of God. And the soldiers also mocked him, approaching, and bringing him vinegar, and saying, If thou are the king of the Jews, save thyself.

Acts 7:52-60

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold about the coming of the Righteous man, of whom ye now have become betrayers and murderers, who received the law at directions of heavenly agents, and did not keep it. Now when they heard these things, they were split with a saw in their hearts, and they gnashed their teeth against him.read more.
But being full of Holy Spirit, having gazed into heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God. But they, having cried out in a great voice, held their ears shut, and rushed upon him with one accord. And having expelled him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments beside the feet of a young man called Saul. And they stoned Stephen, who was calling and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And having knelt down, he cried out in a great voice, Lord, place not this sin to them. And after saying this, he slept.

Proverbs 24:17-20

Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown, lest LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious at the wicked.read more.
For there shall be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Obadiah 1:12-13

But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the sons of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor speak proudly in the day of distress. Enter not into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Yea, look not thou on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor lay ye [hands] on their substance in the day of their calamity.

Job 31:29-30

if I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him (yea, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

Philippians 3:13-14

Brothers, I reckon myself not to have seized, but one thing, indeed forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to the things ahead, I press forward toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:1-4

If therefore ye were raised with the Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Think on the things above, not the things on the earth. For ye died, and your life has been hidden with the Christ in God.read more.
When the Christ, our life, is made known, then ye also will be made known with him in glory.

James 1:2-5

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing.read more.
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

Matthew 5:43

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

Matthew 5:43-48

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.read more.
For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax collectors the same? And if ye only greet your friends, what do ye extra? Do not even the tax collectors this way? Ye therefore shall be perfect, even as your Father in the heavens is perfect.

Luke 6:27-36

But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. To him who strikes thee on the cheek offer the other also, and from him who takes away thy cloak, also do not withhold thy coat.read more.
Give to every man who asks thee, and from him who takes away thy personal things do not demand them back. And as ye desire that men would do to you, do ye also to them likewise. And if ye love those who love you, what credit is for you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what credit is for you? For even sinners do the same. And if ye lend to whom ye hope to receive, what credit is for you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad. Become ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

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Matthew 5:43-48

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. read more.
For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax collectors the same? And if ye only greet your friends, what do ye extra? Do not even the tax collectors this way? Ye therefore shall be perfect, even as your Father in the heavens is perfect.

Luke 6:27-35

But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. To him who strikes thee on the cheek offer the other also, and from him who takes away thy cloak, also do not withhold thy coat. read more.
Give to every man who asks thee, and from him who takes away thy personal things do not demand them back. And as ye desire that men would do to you, do ye also to them likewise. And if ye love those who love you, what credit is for you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what credit is for you? For even sinners do the same. And if ye lend to whom ye hope to receive, what credit is for you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.

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