150 Bible verses to confront hatred and resentment

But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out.

Avenging not yourselves, beloved, but give ye place to anger: for it has been written, Vengeance to me; I will repay, says the Lord.If therefore thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for doing this, thou shalt heap up-coals of fire on his head.Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Let all harshness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and slander, be put away from you, with all badness:And be ye kind one to another, having good bowels, favoring each other, as also God in Christ Jesus favored you.

(Bearing one another, propitiating one another, if any have a complaint against any: as also Christ propitiated for you, so also ye.)

If any say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he not loving his brother whom he has seen, God whom he has not seen, how can he love?And this command have we from him, That he loving God love his brother also.

Hatred will excite strifes: and love will cover over all transgressions.

Love is slow to anger, possesses kindness; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,It demeans itself not unbecomingly, seeks not the things of itself, is not irritated, reckons no evil;

Not returning evil for evil, or railing for railing: and on the contrary prayer; knowing that to this were ye called, that ye might inherit praise.

For if ye let go to men their faults, your Father which in the heavens will also let go to you.But if ye should not let go to men their faults, neither will your Father let go your faults.

Giving hack evil for evil to none. Providing good things before all men.If possible of you, living peaceably with all men.

A soft answer will turn away wrath, and a word of pain will bring up anger.

And the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such is no law.

If thine enemy hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he thirst, give him water to drink:For thou tookest up coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah will recompense to thee.

Wherefore, my dearly beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:For man s anger works not the justice of God.

But I say to you hearing, Love your enemies; do good to those hating you,Praise those cursing you, and pray for those threatening you.

Love works no evil to the neighbor: love therefore the completion of the law.

Every one hating his brother is a manslayer: and ye know that no man-slayer has eternal life remaining in him.

Desist from anger and forsake wrath: thou shalt not be angry only to do evil

More than all having intent love among yourselves: for love shall cover a multitude of sins.

He covering transgression seeks love; and he perverting in the word, separates a, friend.

Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace and pursue it

See that any return not evil to any: but always pursue good to one another, and to all.

But in all these we obtain a complete victory by him having loved us.For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor beginnings, nor powers, nor things having stood, nor things about to be,Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Let all things be in love.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your fit of anger:

As to the rest, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever venerable, whatever just, whatever pure, whatever lovely, whatever prosperous; if any ability, and if any praise, reckon up these things.

Therefore all whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Dearly beloved, we should love one another: for love is of God; and every one loving has been born of God, and knows God.He not loving knows not God; for God is love.

Attend to yourselves: and if thy brother sin against thee, censure him; and if he should repent, let him go.And if seven times in a day he sin against thee, and seven times in a day turn back to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt let him go.

And hope shames not; for the love of God has been poured in our hearts by the Holy Spirit given us.

He slow to anger is, good above the strong; and, he ruling over his spirit above him taking a city,

And the wisdom from above is truly first pure, then peaceful, decorous, docile, full of mercy and good fruits, not separated, and unfeigned.And the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those making peace.

Rejoices not at injustice, and rejoices with the truth;Covers all things, believes all, hopes all things, endures all. '

The understanding of man will defer his anger: and his glory to pass over transgression.

A new command give I to you, That ye love one another: as I loved you, that ye also love one another.In this all shall know that ye are disciples to me, if ye have love in one another.

Then Peter, having come to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I let him go? Till seven times?And Jesus says to him, I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven.

A man of wrath will excite strife: and he slow to anger will appease contention.

I will therefore men shall pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without anger and reasoning.

For thou, O Jehovah, art good and forgiving, and great of mercy to all calling to thee.

Brethren, if a man be taken in any fault, ye the spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; observing thyself narrowly, lest thou also be tempted.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dearly beloved children;And walk ye in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us a gift and sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet odor.

And Jesus said, Father, let them go; for they know not what they do. And having divided his garments, they cast lots.

Jehovah being compassionate and merciful, slow to anger and great of mercy.He will not contend forever; he will not keep forever.He did not to us according to our sins, and he did not recompense upon us according to our iniquities.

For unpropitiated judgment to him not doing mercy; and mercy boasteth against judgment.

So therefore, let us pursue the things of peace, and the things for the building up for one another.

And to whom ye show any favor; I also: for also if I have shown any kindness, to whom I have shown kindness, through you in the face of Christ;That we might not be taken advantage of by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his inventions.

Trust in Jehovah and do good; dwell in the land and be fed with faithfulness.And delight thyself upon Jehovah, and he shall give to thee the petitions of thy heart

Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be timid.

Trust to Jehovah with all thy heart; and thou shalt not lean to thine understanding.In all thy ways know him, and he will make straight thy paths.

Follow peace with all, and consecration, without which none shall see the Lord:Observing narrowly lest any be failing of the grace of God: lest any root of bitterness springing forth aloft give trouble, and by this many be defiled;

In brotherly love, being kindly affectioned to one another; in honour preceding one another.

He saying he is in the light, and hating his brother, is in the darkness even until now.He loving his brother remains in light, and there is no stumbling-block in him.And he hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and knows not where he goes forward, for darkness has blinded his eyes.

And let the peace of God act as umpire in your hearts, to which also, ye were called in one body: and be grateful.

Therefore setting aside all wickedness, and all artifice, and dissimulation; and envies, and all calumnies,

Happy they making peace: for they shall be called sons of God.

The man of mercy benefited his soul: and the cruel troubled his flesh.

And God recommends his own love to us, that we yet being sinful, Christ died for us.

And as ye wish that men would do to you, and do you to them likewise.

The slow to anger of much understanding: and the short of spirit exalts folly.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing one another in love;Striving earnestly to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

And now remains faith, hope, love, these three; and the greater of these, love.

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for you to abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

And for brotherly love ye have no need to write to you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.For also ye do the same to all the brethren, them in the whole of Macedonia: and we beseech you, brethren, to more abound;

Jehovah is compassionate and merciful; slow to anger, and great of mercy.Jehovah is good to all, and his mercies over all his works.

The foolish one in the day shall make known his anger: but the prudent one covered dishonor.

For he wishing to love life, and to see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit:Let him bend away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and follow it.

This is my command, That ye love one another, as I loved you.

Be subjected therefore to God. Resist the accuser, and he will flee from you.

Love unfeigned. Hating evil; fastened to good.

For all the law is completed in one word, in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.And if ye bite and devour one another, see ye that ye be not laid waste by one another.

Let not any foul word go out of your mouth, but if any good to the building of necessity, that it might give grace to them hearing.

Put on therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassions, kindnesses, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

Happy the compasaionate: for they shall be commiserated.

In slowness to anger shall the prince be persuaded, and the soft tongue shall break the bones.

Much peace to those loving thy law, and no stumbling-block to them.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye measure, it shall be repaid to you.

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one judging: for in what thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou judging doest the same.

Nothing by hired labor, or vainglory; but in lowliness the leaders hold each other above themselves.Look ye each not on the things of themselves, but also each the things of others.

And he having answered, said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength; and thy neighbor as thyself.

Greater love than this has none, that any lay down his life for his friends.

Fear is not in love; but perfected love casts out fear: for fear has restraint. And he fearing has not been perfected in love.

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts:And see if the way of pain is in me, and guide me in the eternal way.

Let none seek his own, but each another's.

Honor to a man ceasing from strife: and every foolish one will be irritated.

Owe ye nothing to none, except to love one another: for he loving another has completed the law.

And over all these, love, which is the bond of completion.

Wherefore falsehood ye having put away, speak the truth each with his neighbor: for ye are members one of another.

Watch thy tongue from evil; and thy lips from speaking deceitTurn away from evil, and do good; seek peace and pursue it

He watching his mouth and his tongue watches his soul from straits.

Who, being reviled, reviled not back; suffering, he threatened not; and delivered to him judging justly;

I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, your reasonable service.And be ye not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, for you to prove what the good, and the pleasing, and the perfected will of God.

Wherefore comfort one another, and build up one another, as also ye do.

If any of you is forsaken of wisdom, let him ask of God, giving to all plainly, blaming not; and it shall be given him.

He withholding his words will shew knowledge: I man of understanding is a cool spiritAlso the foolish one being silent shall be thought wise: and he shutting his lips, understanding.

As to the rest, brethren, rejoice. Be adjusted, be comforted, think the same, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall with you.

Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they are of God: for many false prophets have come out into the world.

See therefore how ye walk accurately, not as unwise, but as wise,Making purchase of time, for the days are evil.

Roll thy way upon Jehovah, and trust upon him, and he will work.And he brought forth as the light thy justice, and thy judgment as the noon.

And let go to us our debts, as we let go to our debtors.

And when they continued asking him, having lifted up the head, he said to them, Let him faultless among you, first cast a stone at her.

The north wind will set free the rain, and an angry face, a hidden tongue.

Rave anxiety about nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with gratitude let your desires be made known to God.And the peace of God, surpassing all understanding, shall watch your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

And the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

That no division be in the body; but the members should care the same for one another.And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer together; or one member is honoured, all the members rejoice together.

And we should observe one another for the incitement of love and good works:Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom to some; but beseeching: and by so much the more, inasmuch as ye see the day drawing near.

For the wrestling is not to us against blood and flesh, but against beginnings, against powers, against the chiefs of the world of darkness of this life, against spiritual things of wickedness in heavenly things.

And if thy brother sin against thee, retire, and refute him between thee and him alone; if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Song of ascensions to David. Behold, how good and how pleasant the dwelling of brethren even together.

Rejoicing in hope; holding out under pressure; persevering in prayer;

More than all having intent love among yourselves: for love shall cover a multitude of sins.Being hospitable to one another without murmurings.

A brother falling away, above a city of strength; and strifes as the bars of a fortress.

Trust in him in all time; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Silence.

The mind placed upon thee thou wilt form peace, peace, because he trusted in thee.

Thy word a lamp to my feet, and a light to my beaten path.

In this have we known love, for he set his soul for us: and we ought to set the souls for the brethren.

And we the able ought to bear the weaknesses of the unable and not please ourselves.

Be ye therefore compassionate, as also your Father is compassionate.

Who comforting us upon all our pressure, that we may be able to comfort them in every pressure, by the comfort by which we ourselves are comforted by God.

And be ye kind one to another, having good bowels, favoring each other, as also God in Christ Jesus favored you.

Cast thy giving upon Jehovah and he will sustain thee: he will not give forever a wavering to the just one.

The disposition exempt from avarice; being contented with present circumstances: for he has said, I will not send thee back, nor forsake thee.So that being confident, we say, The Lord aiding me, and I will not fear what man will do to me.

Acknowledge your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that ye might be healed. The prayer of the just, being energetic, is very powerful.

And Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.This is the first and the great command.And the second like it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And we beseech you, brethren, remind the disorderly, encourage the timid, sustain the weak, and be slow to anger to all.

Deceit in the heart of those devising evil: and joy to those counseling peace.

And may the God of patience and his consolation give you to mind the same in one another according to Christ Jesus:That unanimously in one mouth ye should glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these shall be added to you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that every one believing in him perish not, but have eternal life.

Covers all things, believes all, hopes all things, endures all. '

Words of pleasantness an, honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones.

For he is our peace, having made both one, and having loosed the middle partition wall of the enclosure;

Let him bend away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and follow it.

And he said to them, See, and watch yourselves from covetousness: for not in the abounding to any one of his possessions is his life.

Do ye all things without murmurings and discussions:That ye be complete and pure, children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world;

With it we praise the God and Father; and with it we curse men, those made according to the similitude of God.Out of the same month comes forth blessing and cursing. There is no need, my brethren, for these things so to be.

For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Also if I shall go into the valley of the shadow of death, I shall not be afraid of evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they will comfort me.

The healing of the tongue the tree of life: and perverseness in it a breaking in the spirit

Your word always in grace, Seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer one another.

And thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow justice, devotion, faith, love, patience, meekness.

If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just that he let go sins to us, and cleanse us from all injustice.

Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak.

For the thought of the flesh, death; and the thought of the Spirit, life and peace.

Wherefore then as we have time, let us work good to all, and chiefly to them of the household of faith.

And he said to me, My grace suffices thee: for my power is perfected in weakness. Therefore very willingly will I boast rather in my weaknesses, that Christ's power may lodge upon me.Therefore am I contented in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities in expulsions, in extremities for Christ: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Only by pride contention will be given: but with those being advised, wisdom.

Be strong, and he will strengthen your heart, all ye waiting for Jehovah.

These have I spoken to you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world shall ye have pressure; but take courage; I have conquered the world.

So let your light shine before men, that they see your good works, and praise your Father, him in the heavens.