aLuke 6:27, 28; Rom. 12:20; [Ex. 23:4; Job 31:29, 30; Ps. 7:4]
bLuke 23:34; Acts 7:60; 2 Tim. 4:16; 1 Pet. 3:9
c1 Pet. 3:9
d[See ver. 27 above]
eIsa. 53:12; See Matt. 5:44
f[Mark 10:38]; See Acts 3:17
hPs. 22:18; Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; John 19:23
ich. 9:40; 20:36; 21:5; Luke 22:41; Eph. 3:14
jSee Matt. 5:44
kSee Matt. 27:52
lSee Matt. 5:44; 1 Pet. 3:9
mCited from Prov. 25:21, 22; [Ex. 23:4, 5; 2 Kgs. 6:22; Luke 6:27]
nch. 3:9; Isa. 53:7; Heb. 12:3
oLuke 23:46
pch. 2:23; See Rom. 12:17
qLuke 6:28; Rom. 12:14; 1 Cor. 4:12
rch. 2:21
s1 Thess. 4:16; [2 Pet. 2:11]
tDan. 10:13; 12:1; Rev. 12:7
u[Deut. 34:6]
vZech. 3:2

Matthew 5:44

44But I say to you, aLove your enemies and bpray for those who persecute you,

Luke 6:28

28 cbless those who curse you, dpray for those who abuse you.

Luke 23:34

34And Jesus said, “Father, eforgive them, ffor they know not what they do.” ▼
▼Some manuscripts omit the sentence  And Jesus . . . what they do
 And they cast lots hto divide his garments.

Acts 7:60

60And ifalling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, j“Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, khe fell asleep.

Romans 12:14

14 lBless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

Romans 12:20

20To the contrary, m“if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

1 Peter 2:23

23 nWhen he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, obut continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

1 Peter 3:9

9 pDo not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, qbless, for rto this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

Jude 9

9But when sthe archangel tMichael, contending with the devil, was disputing uabout the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, v“The Lord rebuke you.”
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