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Want to know what the Bible says about Loving Difficult People? Here are 147 Bible verses about Loving Difficult People 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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2 Timothy 2:23-26 NIV
23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NIV
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
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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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Matthew 18:15 NIV
“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.
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Matthew 21:22 NIV
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
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Luke 6:32 NIV
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
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Proverbs 9:7-9 NIV
7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
    whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.
9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
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John 3:16 NIV
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.
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John 13:35 NIV
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you 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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Romans 5:8 NIV
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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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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Mark 12:30 NIV
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
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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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Proverbs 17:17 NIV
A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
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Romans 12:18 NIV
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
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Matthew 5:44 NIV
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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John 15:13 NIV
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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Philippians 2:3 NIV
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
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