Psalms 7:4

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

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

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.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.

He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

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.

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.

I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’

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

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

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,

Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.”

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

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

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.

But you, Yahweh, know me. You see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

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.

He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

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.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good?

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.

He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

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

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?

David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”

Behold, as your life was respected today in my eyes, so let my life be respected in Yahweh’s eyes, and let him deliver me out of all oppression.”

behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

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

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

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