Bible Verses about 'Love your enemies'
- But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!
- But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.
- My future is in your hands.
Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly. - For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.
- A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Those who love your instructions have great peace
and do not stumble. - The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.
- Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
- Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.
- And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.
- Let your favor shine on your servant.
In your unfailing love, rescue me. - Jesus replied, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.”
- Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.
- You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother. Love your neighbor as yourself.
- But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
- For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.
- For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
- Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.
- Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives. Confront people directly so you will not be held guilty for their sin. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
- Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
- If you love me, obey my commandments.
- We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. - Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.
- We love each other because he loved us first.
- For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. - Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
- For the commandments say, “You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet.” These—and other such commandments—are summed up in this one commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
but to your name goes all the glory
for your unfailing love and faithfulness. - Lord, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me.
Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me. - May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.
- And do everything with love.
- Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.
- No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
- So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
- And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.
- Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord,
for our hope is in you alone. - Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
- I cried out, “I am slipping!”
but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. - I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
- Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
- Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
- If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
- May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.
- When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
- Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
its jealousy as enduring as the grave.
Love flashes like fire,
the brightest kind of flame. - Hatred stirs up quarrels,
but love makes up for all offenses. - Give me an eagerness for your laws
rather than a love for money! - “Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,
but tear your hearts instead.”
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
He is eager to relent and not punish.
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