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150 Bible verses to confront hatred and resentment
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.
Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.
Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.
And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,
If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.
Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.
It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,
not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men.
If possible from you, keeping peace with all men,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou will heap coals of fire upon his head, and LORD will reward thee.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you.
Every man hating his brother is a man-killer. And ye know that no man-killer has eternal life abiding in him.
And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,
He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates chief friends.
See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.
But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor heavenly agents, nor principal positions, nor powers, nor things that have come, nor things that are coming,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Finally brothers, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are commendable, if anything is a virtue, and if
All things therefore, as many as ye may want that men should do to you, so also do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Take heed to yourselves. And if thy brother should sin against thee, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn back, saying, I repent, thou will forgive him.
And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that was given to us.
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, meek, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.
does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth,
covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.
By this all men will know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love among each other.
Then Peter having come to him, he said, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?
Jesus says to him, I say to thee, not until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
I desire therefore the men to pray in every place, lifting up devout hands, apart from anger and argument.
For thou, LORD, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.
And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.
Become ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot.
LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
He will not always chide, nor will he keep [it] forever.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other.
But to whom ye forgive anything, I too. For I also, whom I have forgiven (if anything), I have forgiven because of you in the presence of Christ,
so that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his methods.
Trust in LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.
Delight thyself also in LORD, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you, not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be cowardly.
Trust in LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.
Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,
He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.
He who loves his brother abides in the light, and no cause of stumbling is in him.
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
And let the peace of God umpire in your hearts, for which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.
Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking,
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
But God commends his love toward us, that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
with all humility and mildness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other in love.
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for ye to abound in hope in the power of Holy Spirit.
But about brotherly love ye have no need to write to you, for ye yourselves are taught by God in order to love each other.
For ye are also doing it toward all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound more,
LORD is gracious, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
LORD is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.
For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.
Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in the, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
But if ye bite and devour each other, watch out that ye be not consumed by each other.
Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.
Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,
Do not criticize, that ye may not be criticized.
For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.
Because this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love each other.
Therefore, O man, thou are without excuse, every man who judges, for in what thou judge the other man, thou condemn thyself, for the man who judges is doing the same things.
in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.
Look ye out (each man) not to things of yourselves, but each man also to the things of others.
And having answered, he said, Thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength, and from thy whole mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.
Fear is not in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear holds punishment, and he who is afraid has not been fully perfected in love.
Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,
and see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way everlasting.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.
Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law.
Therefore having put off falsehood, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, because we are body-parts of each other.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing.
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
He who spares his words has knowledge, and he who is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is considered wise. When he shuts his lips, he is prudent.
Finally brothers, farewell. Be thoroughly prepared, be encouraged, think the same way, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but examine the spirits, whether they are of God, because many FALSE prophets have gone out into the world.
Therefore watch carefully how ye walk, not as unwise but as wise,
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Commit thy way to LORD. Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.
And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy justice as the noon-day.
And when they continued asking him, after standing erect, he said to them, Let the innocent man of you first cast the stone at her.
Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God.
And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
so that there would be no schisms in the body, but that the parts would have the same care for each other.
And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together, or one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together.
And let us examine each other for provocation of love and good works.
Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves, as is the habit of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as long as ye see the day approaching.
Because our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principal offices, against the positions of authority, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spiritual things of wickedness in the he
But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother.
And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,
stranger-loving toward each other without complaints.
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city, and [such] contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Trust in him at all times, ye people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Thou will keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee], because he trusts in thee.
By this we know love, because that man laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves.
who encourages us in all our affliction, in order for us to be able to encourage those in every affliction, through the encouragement of which we ourselves are encouraged by God.
And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
(Cast thy burden upon LORD, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.)
The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.
So then we have confidence to say, Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me?
Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.
And Jesus said to him, Thou shall love Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but joy is to the counselors of peace.
Now may the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to think the same way among each other, in accord with Christ Jesus,
so that unanimously, with one mouth, ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life.
For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the dividing wall of partition,
And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.
Do all things without grumblings and arguments,
so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
By it we bless the God and Father, and by it we curse men, who were made according to a likeness of God.
Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Yea, tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou are with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
your speech always with grace seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer each one.
But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, mildness.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.
Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
For the mentality of the flesh is death, but the mentality of the Spirit is life and peace.
So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith.
And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me.
Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in restrictions, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
These things I have spoken to you, so that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation. But cheer up, I have overcome the world.
Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens.