31 Bible Verses about How To Treat Your Enemies
Want to know what the Bible says about How To Treat Your Enemies? Here are 31 Bible verses about How To Treat Your Enemies from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Luke 6:27-28 NIV
27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
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Romans 12:20-21 NIV
20 On the contrary:
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
136
Romans 12:19 NIV
Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.
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Proverbs 24:17 NIV
Do not gloat when your enemy falls;
when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
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Matthew 5:38-39 NIV
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
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1 Timothy 5:8 NIV
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
56
Luke 10:27 NIV
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ ; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
42
1 John 1:8 NIV
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
32
Psalm 46:1 NIV
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
an ever-present help in trouble.
31
Proverbs 25:26 NIV
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well
are the righteous who give way to the wicked.
are the righteous who give way to the wicked.
28
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