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Want to know what the Bible says about Love Your Enemies? Here are 119 Bible verses about Love Your Enemies from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Matthew 5:48 NIV
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Exodus 23:22 NIV
If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.
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1 Peter 4:8 NIV
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
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Psalm 138:7 NIV
Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve my life.
You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes;
    with your right hand you save me.
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Matthew 7:12 NIV
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
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Proverbs 16:7 NIV
When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
    he causes their enemies to make peace with them.
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Romans 8:28 NIV
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
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John 13:34 NIV
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
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Proverbs 10:12 NIV
Hatred stirs up conflict,
    but love covers over all wrongs.
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Matthew 5:9 NIV
Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they will be called children of God.
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Matthew 5:46 NIV
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
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Luke 6:28 NIV
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
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Proverbs 25:21 NIV
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
    if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
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Job 31:29-30 NIV
29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    by invoking a curse against their life
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Leviticus 26:6 NIV
“‘I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country.
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John 3:16-17 NIV
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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Deuteronomy 20:1 NIV
When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you.
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1 John 3:18 NIV
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
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