Bible Verses About Loving Your Enemies

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;

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

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.

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

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.

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

And he kneeled down , and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Let all your things be done with charity.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

And be ye kind one to another , tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: