Command 9: Go the Second Mile
Bible verses for meditation
In addition to meditation on Matthew 5:38–42, meditating on the verses below will provide you with further insight and understanding of Christ’s command: Go the Second Mile.
I Peter 2:21–24
“… Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
Luke 6:31
“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.”
Proverbs 20:22
“Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.”
Proverbs 3:27
“Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.”