Matthew 5:44

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But I tell you, love your enemies   and pray for those who   persecute you,

Cross References

Romans 12:14

Bless those who persecute you;  bless and do not curse.

1 Peter 3:9

not paying back evil for evil  or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing,  since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.

Luke 23:34

Then Jesus said, “Father,   forgive   them, because they do not know what they are doing.”   , And they divided his clothes and cast lots.

1 Peter 2:23

when he was insulted, he did not insult in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten but entrusted himself to the one who judges  justly.

Acts 7:60

He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice,  ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them! ’ And after saying this, he fell asleep.

2 Kings 6:22

Elisha replied, ‘Don’t kill them. Do you kill those you have captured with your sword or your bow? Set food and water in front of them so they can eat and drink and go to their master.’

1 Samuel 24:17

and said to David, ‘You are more righteous than I, for you have done what is good to me though I have done what is evil to you.

Proverbs 19:11

A person’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offence.

John 13:34

‘I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See to it that no one repays evil for evil  to anyone,  but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

Acts 16:28

But Paul called out in a loud voice, ‘Don’t harm yourself, because we’re all here! ’