150 Bible verses to confront hatred and resentment

But, I, say unto you, Be loving your enemies, and praying for them who are persecuting you:

Not avenging, yourselves, beloved, but give place unto their anger; for it is written—Mine, is avenging, I, will recompense;—saith the Lord;

But—if thine enemy hunger, be feeding him, if he thirst, be giving him drink; for, this doing, coals of fire, shalt thou heap upon his head.

Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

All bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and outcry, and profane speaking, let it be taken away from you, with all baseness;

And be ye gracious one to another, tenderly affectionate, in favour forgiving one another—even as, God also, in Christ, hath in favour forgiven you;

Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint,—according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;

If one should say, I love God, and should be hating, his brother, false, is he; for, he that doth not love his brother, whom he hath seen, God, whom he hath not seen, he cannot love!

And, this commandment, have we from him,—that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.

Hatred, stirreth up strifes, but, over all transgressions, love throweth a covering.

Love, is patient, is gracious. Love, is not envious, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Acteth not unbecomingly, seeketh not her own things, is not easily provoked, imputeth not that which is base,

Not returning evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the contrary, bestowing a blessing,—because, hereunto, have ye been called, in order that, a blessing, ye might inherit.

For, if ye forgive men their faults, Your Father who is in the heavens, will forgive, even you;

But, if ye forgive not men their faults, neither will your Father forgive, your faults.

Unto no one, evil for evil rendering: providing honourable things before all men:

If possible—so far as dependeth on you, with all men being at peace:

A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.

But, the fruit of the Spirit, is—love, joy, peace, long-suffering, graciousness, goodness, faithfulness,

meekness, self-control;—against such things as these, there is no law.

If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

For, burning coals, shalt thou be heaping upon his head,—and, Yahweh, will repay thee.

Ye know, my brethren beloved,—but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.

But, unto you, I say, who are hearkening: Be loving your enemies; be doing, good, unto them that hate you;

Be blessing them that curse you; be praying for them that wantonly insult you.

Love, unto ones neighbour, worketh not ill; Law’s fullness, therefore, is, love.

Whosoever is hating his brother, is, a murderer; and ye know that, no murderer, hath life age-during, within him abiding.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation— it would be only to do evil;

Before all things, keeping, fervent, your love, among yourselves, because, love, covereth a multitude of sins;

He that hideth a transgression, seeketh love, but, he that repeateth a matter, separateth intimate friends.

Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.

See that none, evil for evil, unto any, do render: but, evermore, what is good, be pursuing, towards one another, and towards all:

Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquering through him that hath loved us.

For I am persuaded that—neither death nor life, nor messengers nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,

Nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Let, all your affairs, in love, be carried on.

Be ye angry, and not committing sin, let not the sun be going down upon your angry mood,

For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are dignified, whatsoever things are righteous, whatsoever things are chaste, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report,—if there be any virtue, and if any praise, the same, be taking into account;

Whatsoever things, therefore, ye would, that men be doing unto you, so, be, ye also, doing, unto them,—for, this, is the law and the prophets.

Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand God:

He that doth not love, doth not understand God, because, God, is, love.

Be taking heed to yourselves,—If thy brother sin, rebuke him, and, if he repent, forgive him;

Even if, seven times a day, he sin against thee, and, seven times, turn to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.

And, our hope, putteth not to shame. Because, the love of God, hath been poured out in our hearts, through the Holy Spirit that hath been given unto us:

Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.

But, the wisdom from above, is—first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.

Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth,—

All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.

The discretion of a man, deferreth his anger, and, his adorning, is to pass over transgression.

A new commandment, give I unto you,—That ye be loving one another: Just as I loved you, that, ye also, be loving one another:

By this, shall all men take knowledge, that, my disciples, ye are,—If ye have, love, one to another.

Then, coming near, Peter said to him—Lord! how many times, shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until, seven, times?

Jesus saith to him—I say not unto thee, unto, seven, times, but, until seventy times seven.

A wrathful man, stirreth up strife, but, he that is slow to anger, calmeth contention.

I am minded, therefore, that—the men in every place be offering prayer, uplifting hands of lovingkindness, apart from anger and disputings;

For, thou, O My Lord, art good and forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness, to all who call upon thee.

Brethren! if a man should even be overtaken in any fault, ye, the spiritual, be restoring such a one, in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself, lest, even thou, be put to the test.

Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as children beloved,

And walk in love—even as, the Christ also, loved you, and delivered himself up in your behalf, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for a fragrance of sweet smell.

But, Jesus, was saying—Father! forgive them; for they know not what they do. And, when they were parting his garments, they cast lots.

Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh,—Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.

Not perpetually, will he contend, Nor age-abidingly, retain anger;

Not according to our sins, hath he dealt with us, Nor according to our iniquities, hath he treated us.

For, the judgment, will be without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.

Hence, then, the things pertaining to peace, let us pursue, and the things which belong to the upbuilding one of another:

Now, to whom ye forgive anything, I, also; for, I also, what I have forgiven, if, anything, I have forgiven, for your sake, in the person of Christ, have I forgiven it .

Lest we should be overreached by Satan, for, of his thoughts, we are not ignorant.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good, Dwell in the land, and feed on fidelity;

Yea, rest thy delight on Yahweh, that he may give thee the requests of thy heart.

Peace, I leave with you, My own peace, give, I, unto you,—Not as, the world, giveth, give, I, unto you:—Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:

In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.

Peace, be pursuing, with all, and the obtaining of holiness,—without which no one shall see the Lord:

Using oversight—lest any one be falling behind from the favour of God,—lest any root of bitterness, springing up above, be causing trouble, and, through it, the many, be defiled:

In your brotherly love, unto one another, being tenderly affectioned, in honour, unto one another, giving preference;

He that saith he is, in the light, and hateth, his brother, is, in the darkness, until even now!

He that loveth his brother, is abiding, in the light, and, cause of stumbling, in him, is there none.

Whereas, he that hateth his brother, in the darkness, dwelleth, and in the darkness, walketh; and knoweth not whither he is drifting, because the, darkness, hath blinded his eyes.

And let, the peace of Christ, act as umpire in your hearts, unto which ye have been called in one body, and be thankful:

Putting away, therefore, all vice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envyings and all detractions,

Happy, the peacemakers; for, they, shall be, called sons of God:

The man of lovingkindness, dealeth well with his own soul, but the cruel man, troubleth his own flesh.

But God commendeth his own love unto us in that—we as yet being sinners, Christ in our behalf died.

And, according as ye desire that men be doing unto you, be ye doing unto them, in like manner.

One slow to anger, hath great understanding, but, the hasty in spirit, exalteth folly.

With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,

Giving diligence to keep—the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting-bond of peace,—

But, now abide—faith, hope, love,—these three; but, the greatest of these, is, love.

Now, the God of the hope, fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye may surpass in the hope, in the power of Holy Spirit.

But, concerning brotherly love—no need, have ye, that we be writing unto you; for, ye yourselves, are, God-taught, to the loving of one another;—

And, in fact, ye are doing it unto all the brethren who are in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,

Gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh,—slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

Good is Yahweh to all, and, his tender compassions, are over all his works.

A foolish man, on the same day, letteth his vexation be known, but, he that concealeth an affront, is prudent.

For, he that desireth to love, life, and to see good days, Let him cause his tongue to cease from mischief, and lips, that they speak not deceit;

Let him turn away from mischief, and do good, Let him seek peace, and pursue it;

This, is my own commandment, That ye be loving one another, just as I loved you.

Range yourselves, therefore, under God, but withstand the adversary, and he will flee from you:

Your love, be without hypocrisy,—loathing that which is wicked, cleaving to that which is good;

For, the whole law, in one word, is summed up— namely in this,—Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself.

If, however, one another, ye bite and devour, take heed lest, by one another, ye be consumed!

Let, no putrid discourse, out of your mouth, be going forth, but if anything is good—suited to the needful upbuilding,—that it may give benefit unto them that hear;

Put on, therefore, as men chosen of God, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, graciousness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

Happy, the merciful; for, they, shall receive mercy:

By long patience, is a judge persuaded, and, a soft tongue, breaketh the bone.

Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.

Judge not, that ye be not judged;—

For, with what judgment ye judge, shall ye be judged,—and, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured unto you.

Because, this, is the message which ye have heard from the beginning—that we should be loving one another,—

Wherefore, inexcusable, thou art, O man, whoever judgest; for, wherein thou judgest some one else, thyself, thou dost condemn,—for, the very things, thou dost practise, who art judging:

Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain-glory,—but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to yourselves,—

Not, to your own things, severally looking, but, to the things of others, severally:—

And, he, answering, said—Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, out of all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with all thine intention; and thy neighbour, as thyself?

Greater love than this, hath, no one, That, his life, one should lay down in behalf of his friends.

Fear, existeth not, in love, but, perfect love, casteth fear, outside; because, fear, hath correction: he that feareth, hath not been made perfect, in love.

Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares;

And see if there be any idol-way in me, and lead me in a way age-abiding.

Let, no one, be seeking, what concerneth himself, but that which concerneth some one else.

Honour, hath the man who sitteth away from strife, but, any fool, may break through.

Nothing to any, be owing—save to be loving one another; for, he that loveth his neighbour, hath given to, law, its fulfillment.

And, over all these things, love, which is a uniting-bond of completeness;

Wherefore, stripping off what is false, be speaking truth each one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Keep thy tongue from wickedness, And thy lips from speaking deceit:

Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.

He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth, out of distresses, his soul.

Who, being reviled, was not reviling again, suffering, he was not threatening, but was making surrender unto him that judgeth righteously,—

I beseech you therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living, holy sacrifice, unto God acceptable,—your rational divine service;

And be not configuring yourselves unto this age, but be transforming yourselves by the renewing of your mind, to the end ye may be proving what is the thing willed by God—the good and acceptable and perfect.

Wherefore be consoling one another, and building up, each the other,—even as ye are also doing.

But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;

Sparing of his words, is one who valueth knowledge, and, of a thoughtful spirit, is a man of intelligence.

Even a fool, holding his peace, is accounted, wise,—He that closeth his lips, is thought to have understanding.

Finally, brethren, farewell! Be getting restored, be taking encouragement, be of one mind, live in peace,—and, the God of love and peace, will be with you.

Beloved! not in every spirit, believe ye, but test the spirits, whether they are, of God; because, many false prophets, have gone out into the world.

Be taking heed, therefore, exactly how ye are walking,—not as unwise, but as wise,—

Buying out for yourselves the opportunity, because, the days, are evil;

Roll on Yahweh thy way, Trust also in him, and, he, will effectually work:

So will he bring forth, as the light, thy righteousness, and thy vindication as the noonday.

And forgive us our debts, as, we also, have forgiven our debtors;

When, however, they still continued questioning him, he lifted himself up and said unto them—He of you, that is without sin, let him first cast at her a stone;

A north wind, bringeth forth rain, and, a face stirred with indignation, a secretive tongue.

For nothing, be anxious, but, in everything, by your prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let, your petitions, be made known unto God;

And, the peace of God, which riseth above every mind, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.

But, the fruit of the Spirit, is—love, joy, peace, long-suffering, graciousness, goodness, faithfulness,

That there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have, the same, care, one for another;

And, whether one member, suffereth, all the members, suffer with it, or, a member is glorified, all the members, rejoice together.

And let us attentively consider one another, to provoke unto love and noble works,—

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, according to the custom of some, but exhorting, and by so much the more as this, by as much as ye behold, the day, drawing near.

Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but, against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies.

But, if thy brother sin, withdraw, convince him, betwixt thee and him, alone,—If unto thee he hearken, thou hast gained thy brother;

A Song of Ascents. David’s. Lo! how good and how delightful, for brethren, to dwell together even as one.

In hope, rejoicing, in tribulation, enduring, in prayer, persevering,

Before all things, keeping, fervent, your love, among yourselves, because, love, covereth a multitude of sins;

Showing hospitality one to another without murmuring,—

A brother estranged, is worse than a strong city,—and, contentions, are as the bar of a citadel.

Trust ye in him all ye assembly of the people, Pour out, before him, your heart, God, is a refuge for us. Selah.

A purpose sustained, thou wilt guard, saying , Prosper! Prosper! Because in thee, hath he been led to trust.

NUN. A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.

Hereby, have we come to understand love: in that, He, for us, his life laid down; and, we, ought, for the brethren, our lives to lay down.

We are bound, however, we, who are strong, the weakness of them who are not strong to be bearing, and not, unto ourselves, to give pleasure.

Become ye compassionate, according as, your Father, is, compassionate;

Who encourageth us in all our tribulation, to the end we may be able to encourage them who are in any tribulation—through means of the encouragement wherewith we, ourselves, are encouraged by God.

And be ye gracious one to another, tenderly affectionate, in favour forgiving one another—even as, God also, in Christ, hath in favour forgiven you;

Cast upon Yahweh thy lot, and, he, will sustain thee: He will not suffer, to times age-abiding, the righteous one to be shaken.

Without fondness for money, be your way of life,—being content with the present things,—for, he, hath said: In nowise, thee, will I leave, no indeed! in nowise, thee, will I forsake:

So that, taking courage, we may be saying—The Lord, hasteth to my cry,—I will not be put in fear: what shall, man, do unto me?

Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other’s behalf,—that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised:

And, he, said unto him—Thou shalt love the Lord thy God—with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind:

This, is the great and first commandment.

The second, like it, is, this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

But we exhort you, brethren—admonish the disorderly, soothe them of little soul, help the weak, be longsuffering towards all:

Deceit, is in the heart of contrivers of mischief, but, to the counsellors of peace, shall be joy.

Now may, the God of the endurance and of the encouragement, give you, the same thing, to be regarding amongst one another, according to Christ Jesus;

In order that, with one accord, with one mouth, ye maybe glorifying the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness,—and, all these things, shall be added unto you.

For God, so loved, the world, that, his Only Begotten Son, he gave,—that, whosoever believeth on him, might not perish, but have life age-abiding.

All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.

A comb of honey, are pleasant words, sweet to the taste and healing to the bone.

He, in fact, is our peace—who made both one, and, the enclosing middle-wall, took down,

Let him turn away from mischief, and do good, Let him seek peace, and pursue it;

And he said unto them—Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one’s abundance, doth his life spring out of his possessions.

All things, be doing, apart from murmurings and disputings;

In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

Therewith, are we blessing our Lord and Father, and, therewith, we are cursing the men who, after the likeness of God, have been brought into being!

Out of the same mouth, come forth blessing and cursing! Not meet, my brethren, for, these things, thus, to be coming to pass!

For, where there are two or three, gathered together into my name, there, am I, in their midst.

Yea, though I walk through a valley death-shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me.

Gentleness of the tongue, is a tree of life, but, crookedness therein, a grievous wound in the spirit.

Your discourse being always with benefit, with salt, seasoned,—that ye may know how it behoveth you, unto each one, to be making answer.

But, thou, O man of God! from these things, flee! and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

If we are confessing our sins, faithful, is he and, righteous—that he should forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Be watching and praying, that ye may not enter into temptation: The spirit, indeed, is, eager, but, the flesh, weak.

For, what is preferred by the flesh, is death, whereas, what is preferred by the spirit, is life and peace;—

Hence, then, as we have opportunity, let us be working what is good, towards all,—but, especially, towards the family of the faith.

And at once he said unto me—Sufficient for thee, is my favour, for, my power, in weakness, is made complete. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may spread a tent over me.

Wherefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, and straits, in behalf of Christ; for, as soon as I am weak, then, am powerful.

Only by pride, doth one cause contention, but, with the well-advised, is wisdom.

Be strong, and let your heart be bold, all ye who are waiting for Yahweh.

These things, have I spoken unto you, that, in me, ye may have, peace: In the world, ye have, tribulation; but be taking courage,—I, have overcome the world.

In like manner, let your light shine before men,—that they may see your good works,—and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.