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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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
1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 (A)See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always (B)pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
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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
Romans 12:21
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21 Do not be overcome by evil, but (A)overcome evil with good.
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Luke 6:28
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28 (A)bless those who curse you, and (B)pray for those who spitefully use you.
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James 3:10
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10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
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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 2:21-23
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21 For (A)to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for [a]us, (B)leaving [b]us an example, that you should follow His steps:
22 “Who(C) committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
23 (D)who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but (E)committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
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- 1 Peter 2:21 NU you
- 1 Peter 2:21 NU, M you
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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Job 31:29-30
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29 “If(A) I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
Or lifted myself up when evil found him
30 (B)(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for a curse on his [a]soul);
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- Job 31:30 Or life
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