Romans 12:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 ¶ [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
  • Luke 6:27-30 : 27 ¶ ‹But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,› 28 ‹Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.› 29 ‹And unto him that smiteth thee on the› [one] ‹cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not› [to take thy] ‹coat also.› 30 ‹Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask› [them] ‹not again.›

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