22 Bible Verses about Loving Your Enemies

But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you;

bless those that curse you; pray for those that injure you;

All things, therefore, which you wish men to do to you, do also thus to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every one that loves has been born of God and knows God.

Bless those that persecute, bless and curse not. Rejoice with the rejoicing, weep with the weeping. Desire the same thing one for another; desire not the high, but be satisfied with the humble. Be not wise in your own conceit.read more.
Render evil for evil to no one, provide things honorable in the sight of all men; if possible, as much as may be in your power, live peaceably with all men, not vindicating yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, Judgment is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. If therefore your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for doing this you shall heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Most High; for he is good to the unthankful and evil.

let all your [works] be in love.

My little children, I am with you yet a little while. You shall seek me, and as I said to the Jews, Where I go you cannot come, I now also say to you. I give you a new commandment to love another, as I have loved you that you also should love one another. By this shall all know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not love, I am a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. And if I have prophecy, and understand 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 deal out all my property to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, and have not love, I shall not be profited.read more.
Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up, does not behave unbecomingly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, devises not evil, rejoices not in wickedness, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes for all things, and endures all things. Love never fails; but if there are prophecies, they shall pass away; if tongues, they shall cease; if knowledge, it shall pass away.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil, adhere to that which is good, be kindly disposed one to another with brotherly love, in honor prefer one another, be not slothful in business, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord,

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peace makers, for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are the persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.read more.
Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake. Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

And he said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and finish [performing] cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall finish my course. But I must go on to-day and to-morrow, and the day following; for it is not possible for a prophet to be destroyed out of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those sent to her, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, and you would not!read more.
Behold, your house is left to you. And I tell you, that you shall not see me, till [the day] shall come when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

And turning to them, Jesus said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, days come in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and those who have not borne children, and the breasts which have not nursed them! Then shall they say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us;read more.
for if they do these things with the green tree, what shall be done with the dry? And two other criminals were led out to be put to death with him. And when they arrived at the place called Cranium, there they crucified him, and the criminals; one on his right hand, and the other on his left. And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And distributing his garments they cast lots [for them]. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed, saying, He saved others; if this is the Christ, the elect of God, let him save himself. And the soldiers also mocked him, and came and presented him vinegar, and said, If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you now have become betrayers and murderers, who have received the law by orders of angels and have not kept it. And when they heard these things they were enraged in their minds and gnashed their teeth upon him.read more.
But he being full of the Holy Spirit, looking steadily to heaven saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. And crying with a loud voice they stopped their ears and rushed upon him with one accord, and casting him out of the city, stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul, and they stoned Stephen, calling and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this he fell asleep.

I consider not myself, brothers, to have attained it; but this one thing I do; forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to those before, I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.

IF you, therefore, have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God; employ your minds on things above, not on things on the earth. For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God;read more.
when Christ your life shall be made manifest, then shall you also be made manifest in glory.

Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials, knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience. But let patience have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.read more.
And if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and upbraids not, and it shall be given him.

that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and rains on the just and unjust.

You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.

You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you; that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and rains on the just and unjust.read more.
For if you love those that love you, what reward have you? Do not the publicans the same? And if you salute your brothers only, what do you do more than [others]? Do not the gentiles also do the same? Be therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

But I tell you that hear, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you; bless those that curse you; pray for those that injure you; to him that strikes you on the cheek, present also the other; and forbid not him who takes away your cloak to take your coat also.read more.
Give to every one that asks; and from him who takes that which is yours, ask it not back. And as you wish men to do to you, do you also in like manner to them. And if you love those that love you, what thanks have you? for sinners also love those that love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks have you? for sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks have you? sinners also lend to sinners, to receive back as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Most High; for he is good to the unthankful and evil. Be merciful, as your father is merciful;