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Matthew 5:44
But here is what I tell you. Love your enemies. Pray for those who hurt you.
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1 Peter 3 9
Don’t pay back evil with evil. Don’t pay back unkind words with unkind words. Instead, pay back evil with kind words. This is what you have been chosen to do. You will receive a blessing by doing this.
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Luke 6:28
Bless those who call down curses on you. And pray for those who treat you badly.
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James 3:10
Praise and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it shouldn’t be this way.
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1 Thessalonians 5 15
Make sure that no one pays back one wrong act with another. Instead, always try to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
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1 Corinthians 4 12-1 Corinthians 4 13
We work hard with our own hands. When others curse us, we bless them. When we are attacked, we put up with it.When others say bad things about us, we answer with kind words. We have become the world’s garbage. We are everybody’s trash, right up to this moment.
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1 Peter 2 21-1 Peter 2 23
You were chosen to do good even if you suffer. That’s because Christ suffered for you. He left you an example that he expects you to follow.Scripture says,“ He didn’t commit any sin. No lies ever came out of his mouth.”( Isaiah 53:9)People shouted at him and made fun of him. But he didn’t do the same thing back to them. When he suffered, he didn’t say he would make them suffer. Instead, he trusted in the God who judges fairly.
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Acts 7:60
Then he fell on his knees. He cried out,“ Lord! Don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
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Romans 12:21
Don’t let evil overcome you. Overcome evil by doing good.
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Luke 23:34
Jesus said,“ Father, forgive them. They don’t know what they are doing.” The soldiers divided up his clothes by casting lots.
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Job 31:29-30
“ I wasn’t happy when hard times came to my enemies. I didn’t enjoy seeing the trouble they had.I didn’t allow my mouth to sin by asking for bad things to happen to them.
