Bible Verses about “loving your enemy”
The Bible contains 22 verses about loving your enemy across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“¶ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
“¶ Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.”
“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”
“Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.”
“‹But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;›”
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
“‹But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and› [to] ‹the evil.›”
“¶ ‹But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,›”
“‹For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?›”
“‹And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.›”
“Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.”
“‹And if ye lend› [to them] ‹of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.›”
“‹Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.›”
“‹For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.›”
“‹And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.›”
“‹Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.›”
“‹Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask› [them] ‹not again.›”
“‹And unto him that smiteth thee on the› [one] ‹cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not› [to take thy] ‹coat also.›”