Command 10: Love Your Enemies
Bible verses for meditation
In addition to meditation on Matthew 5:44–45, meditating on the verses below will provide you with further insight and understanding of Christ’s command: Love Your Enemies.
Romans 12:14, 18–21
“Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. … If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written,Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”
I Peter 3:8–9
“…Love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing.”
Matthew 5:9
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
Luke 6:35
“But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”