150 Bible verses to confront hatred and resentment

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.

Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Let all you do be done in love.

Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.

It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.

Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.

Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.

May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.

And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;

The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.

A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.

Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.

Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.

And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way.

Let a man give attention not only to what is good for himself, but equally to his neighbour's good.

It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:

For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.

As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.

For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

A Song of the going up. Of David. See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. Selah.

The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.

NUN Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.

In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.

Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.This is the first and greatest rule.And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.

Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:So that with one mouth you may give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down,

And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

Do all things without protests and arguments;So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?

Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.

A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.