Romans 12:14

Geneva Bible (1560)

Blesse them which persecute you: blesse, I say, and curse not.

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  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies: blesse them that curse you: doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,
  • Luke 6:28 : 28 Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer folow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.
  • Jas 3:10 : 10 Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.
  • 1 Pet 2:21-23 : 21 For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for you, leauing you an ensample that ye should folow his steppes. 22 Who did no sinne, neither was there guile found in his mouth. 23 Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth righteously.
  • Job 31:29-30 : 29 If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him, 30 Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Then sayd Iesus, Father, forgiue them: for they know not what they doe; they parted his raiment, and cast lottes.
  • Acts 7:60 : 60 And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loude voyce, Lorde, laye not this sinne to their charge; when he had thus spoken, he slept.
  • Rom 12:21 : 21 Bee not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with goodnesse.
  • 1 Cor 4:12-13 : 12 And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it. 13 We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 6:27-32
    6 verses
    85%

    27But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you.

    28Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.

    29And vnto him that smiteth thee on ye one cheeke, offer also the other: and him that taketh away thy cloke, forbid not to take thy coate also.

    30Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.

    31And as ye would that men should doe to you, so doe ye to them likewise.

    32For if yee loue them which loue you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners loue those that loue them.

  • Matt 5:43-44
    2 verses
    82%

    43Ye haue heard that it hath bin said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate your enemie.

    44But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies: blesse them that curse you: doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,

  • 1 Pet 3:9
    79%

    9Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
    78%

    12And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

  • Rom 12:15
    78%

    15Reioyce with them that reioyce, & weepe with them that weepe.

  • Matt 5:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.

    11Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, & say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely.

    12Reioyce and be glad, for great is your reward in heauen: for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you.

  • Rom 12:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12Reioycing in hope, pacient in tribulation, continuing in prayer,

    13Distributing vnto the necessities of the Saintes: giuing your selues to hospitalitie.

  • Luke 14:14
    74%

    14And thou shalt be blessed, because they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the iust.

  • Ps 109:28
    73%

    28Though they curse, yet thou wilt blesse: they shall arise & be confounded, but thy seruant shall reioyce.

  • Luke 6:22
    73%

    22Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they separate you, & reuile you, & put out your name as euill, for the Sonne of mans sake.

  • Rom 12:17-21
    5 verses
    73%

    17Recompence to no man euill for euill: procure things honest in the sight of all men.

    18If it bee possible, as much as in you is, haue peace with all men.

    19Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but giue place vnto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord.

    20Therefore, if thine enemie hunger, feede him: if he thirst, giue him drinke: for in so doing, thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.

    21Bee not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with goodnesse.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
    72%

    15See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer folow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.

  • Luke 6:35
    72%

    35Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and doe good, and lend, looking for nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the children of the most High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euill.

  • Rom 14:16
    72%

    16Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

  • Matt 5:39
    72%

    39But I say vnto you, Resist not euill: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also.

  • Gen 12:3
    71%

    3I will also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

  • 2 Thess 1:6
    71%

    6For it is a righteous thing with God, to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,

  • Heb 12:14
    71%

    14Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without the which no man shall see ye Lord.

  • Jas 3:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Therewith blesse we God euen the Father, and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

    10Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

  • Lam 3:65
    71%

    65Giue them sorow of heart, euen thy curse to them.

  • Rom 14:19
    70%

    19Let vs then followe those things which concerne peace, and wherewith one may edifie another.

  • Luke 6:37
    70%

    37Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not bee condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.

  • Num 22:12
    70%

    12And God said vnto Balaam, Go not thou with them, neither curse the people, for they are blessed.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
    70%

    15Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.

  • 1 Thess 2:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes,

    15Who both killed the Lord Iesus & their owne Prophets, & haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men,

  • 2 Cor 13:12
    70%

    12Greete one another with an holy kisse.

  • Luke 12:11
    70%

    11And when they shal bring you vnto the Synagogues, and vnto the rulers and Princes, take no thought howe, or what thing ye shall answere, or what yee shall speake.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13And who is it that will harme you, if ye folow that which is good?

    14Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled.

  • Ps 37:22
    69%

    22For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
    69%

    12Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    69%

    4Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

  • Rom 3:14
    69%

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.

  • 1 Pet 4:14
    69%

    14If yee be railed vpon for the Name of Christ, blessed are ye: for the spirit of glory, and of God resteth vpon you: which on their part is euill spoken of: but on your part is glorified.

  • Col 3:13
    69%

    13Forbearing one another, and forgiuing one another, if any man haue a quarel to another: euen as Christ forgaue, euen so doe ye.