Genesis 45:24

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

Let brotherly love continue.

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”

They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.

When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.

David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”

I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.

Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.

They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won’t envy Judah, and Judah won’t persecute Ephraim.

Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.

He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”

Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”

He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.

but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.

When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.”

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’

Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,