Romans 12:14

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,
  • Luke 6:28 : 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.
  • Jas 3:10 : 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.
  • 1 Pet 2:21-23 : 21 For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.
  • Job 31:29-30 : 29 If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him– 30 I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 [But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.
  • Acts 7:60 : 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
  • Rom 12:21 : 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • 1 Cor 4:12-13 : 12 We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure, 13 when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

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  • Luke 6:27-32
    6 verses
    85%

    27“But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

    28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

    29To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

    30Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

    31Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

    32“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

  • Matt 5:43-44
    2 verses
    82%

    43Love for Enemies“You have heard that it was said,‘Love your neighbor’ and‘hate your enemy.’

    44But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,

  • 1 Pet 3:9
    79%

    9Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
    78%

    12We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

  • Rom 12:15
    78%

    15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

  • Matt 5:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

    11“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

    12Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

  • Rom 12:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

    13Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.

  • Luke 14:14
    74%

    14Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

  • Ps 109:28
    73%

    28They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.

  • Luke 6:22
    73%

    22“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

  • Rom 12:17-21
    5 verses
    73%

    17Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.

    18If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.

    19Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written,“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

    20Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

    21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
    72%

    15See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

  • Luke 6:35
    72%

    35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.

  • Rom 14:16
    72%

    16Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.

  • Matt 5:39
    72%

    39But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

  • Gen 12:3
    71%

    3I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, so that all the families of the earth may receive blessing through you.”

  • 2 Thess 1:6
    71%

    6For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

  • Heb 12:14
    71%

    14Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

  • Jas 3:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image.

    10From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

  • Lam 3:65
    71%

    65Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them!

  • Rom 14:19
    70%

    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

  • Luke 6:37
    70%

    37Do Not Judge Others“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  • Num 22:12
    70%

    12But God said to Balaam,“You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

  • 2 Thess 3:15
    70%

    15Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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

    14For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

    15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

  • 2 Cor 13:12
    70%

    12Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.

  • Luke 12:11
    70%

    11But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

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

    13For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

    14But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.

  • Ps 37:22
    69%

    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
    69%

    12Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    69%

    4So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.

  • Rom 3:14
    69%

    14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

  • 1 Pet 4:14
    69%

    14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.

  • Col 3:13
    69%

    13bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.