Exo 23:4-5, Deu 32:25, 2Sa 13:22, 28, Pro 20:22, Mat 5:43-44 | ESV | STEP | If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray , you shall bring it back to him.

i Luke 6:27, 28; Rom. 12:20; [Ex. 23:4; Job 31:29, 30; Ps. 7:4]

j Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60; 2 Tim. 4:16; 1 Pet. 3:9

Exodus 23:4-5

4 ^a“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him. 5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

Deuteronomy 32:25

25 ^bOutdoors the sword shall bereave,
and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

2 Samuel 13:22

22 But Absalom spoke to Amnon ^cneither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:28

28 Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon’s ^dheart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”

Proverbs 20:22

22 Do not say, ^e“I will repay evil”;
^fwait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

Matthew 5:43-44

Love Your Enemies

43 ^g“You have heard that it was said, ^h‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, ⁱLove your enemies and ^jpray for those who persecute you,