Matthew 5:44
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44 [a]But I say to you, (A)love your enemies, bless those who curse you, (B)do good to those who hate you, and pray (C)for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
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- Matthew 5:44 NU But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
Romans 12:14
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14 (A)Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
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1 Peter 3:9
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9 (A)not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary (B)blessing, knowing that you were called to this, (C)that you may inherit a blessing.
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Romans 12:20-21
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20 Therefore
(A)“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but (B)overcome evil with good.
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Luke 6:27-28
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Love Your Enemies(A)
27 (B)“But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 (C)bless those who curse you, and (D)pray for those who spitefully use you.
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Proverbs 25:21-22
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21 (A)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For so you will heap coals of fire on his head,
(B)And the Lord will reward you.
Luke 23:34
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34 [a]Then Jesus said, “Father, (A)forgive them, for (B)they do not know what they do.”
And (C)they divided His garments and cast lots.
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- Luke 23:34 NU brackets the first sentence as a later addition.
1 Peter 2:23
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23 (A)who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but (B)committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
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Acts 7:60
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60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, (A)“Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Luke 6:34-35
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34 (A)And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 35 But (B)love your enemies, (C)do good, and (D)lend, [a]hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and (E)you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
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- Luke 6:35 expecting
1 Corinthians 4:12-13
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12 (A)And we labor, working with our own hands. (B)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 being defamed, we [a]entreat. (C)We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
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- 1 Corinthians 4:13 exhort, encourage
2 Kings 6:22
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22 But he answered, “You shall not kill them. Would you kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? (A)Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”
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1 Corinthians 13:4-8
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4 (A)Love suffers long and is (B)kind; love (C)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [a]puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, (D)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [b]thinks no evil; 6 (E)does not rejoice in iniquity, but (F)rejoices in the truth; 7 (G)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 keeps no accounts of evil
Exodus 23:4-5
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4 (A)“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. 5 (B)If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.
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Psalm 35:13-14
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13 But as for me, (A)when they were sick,
My clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting;
And my prayer would return to my own [a]heart.
14 I paced about as though he were my friend or brother;
I bowed down [b]heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.
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- Psalm 35:13 Lit. bosom
- Psalm 35:14 in mourning
Psalm 7:4
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4 If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or (A)have plundered my enemy without cause,
2 Chronicles 28:9-15
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Israel Returns the Captives
9 But a (A)prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: “Look, (B)because the Lord God of your fathers was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand; but you have killed them in a rage that (C)reaches up to heaven. 10 And now you propose to force the children of Judah and Jerusalem to be your (D)male and female slaves; but are you not also guilty before the Lord your God? 11 Now hear me, therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive from your brethren, (E)for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.”
12 Then some of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war, 13 and said to them, “You shall not bring the captives here, for we already have offended the Lord. You intend to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.” 14 So the armed men left the captives and the [a]spoil before the leaders and all the assembly. 15 Then the men (F)who were designated by name rose up and took the captives, and from the [b]spoil they clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them and gave them sandals, (G)gave them food and drink, and anointed them; and they let all the feeble ones ride on donkeys. So they brought them to their brethren at Jericho, (H)the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.
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- 2 Chronicles 28:14 plunder
- 2 Chronicles 28:15 plunder
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