Luke 6:28

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Ask God to bless the people who ask for bad things to happen to you. Pray for the people who are mean to you.

Cross References

1 Peter 3:9

Don’t do wrong to anyone to pay them back for doing wrong to you. Or don’t insult anyone to pay them back for insulting you. But ask God to bless them. Do this because you yourselves were chosen to receive a blessing.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands to feed ourselves. When people insult us, we ask God to bless them. When people treat us badly, we accept it.

Romans 12:14

Wish only good for those who treat you badly. Ask God to bless them, not curse them.

James 3:10

These praises and curses come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, this should not happen.

Luke 23:34

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them. They don’t know what they are doing.” The soldiers threw dice to divide Jesus’ clothes between them.

Luke 6:27

“But I say to you people who are listening to me, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies. Pray for those who treat you badly.

Acts 7:60

He fell on his knees and shouted, “Lord, don’t blame them for this sin!” These were his last words before he died.

Luke 6:35

“I’m telling you to love your enemies and do good to them. Lend to people without expecting to get anything back. If you do this, you will have a great reward. You will be children of the Most High God. Yes, because God is good even to the people who are full of sin and not thankful.

Acts 14:5

Some of the Jews there, as well as their leaders and some of the non-Jewish people, were determined to hurt Paul and Barnabas. They wanted to stone them to death.

Ezekiel 36:5

The Lord GOD says, “I swear, I will let my strong feelings speak for me! I will let Edom and the other nations feel my anger. They took my land for themselves. They really had a good time when they showed how much they hated this land. They took the land for themselves, just so they could destroy it.”

Ezekiel 25:15

This is what the Lord GOD says: “The Philistines tried to get even. They were very cruel. They let their anger burn inside them too long.”

1 Kings 13:6

Then King Jeroboam said to the man of God, “Please pray to the Lord your God for me. Ask him to heal my arm.” So the man of God prayed to the Lord, and the king’s arm was healed, as it was before.