Many times in our lives, we encounter situations where people treat us badly. In these situations, it becomes difficult to treat those people with love and kindness. Today, we will see what God’s Word tells us when we encounter such situations. The Bible tells us to treat everyone with love and kindness. That is why we should follow the path shown by God, even if it seems a little difficult to us.
When Jesus was suffering death on the cross, he forgave his enemies and taught us to love our enemies, too. He also taught us to pray for those who treat us badly. When someone treats us well, we treat them well, and that is normal. But when someone treats us badly and we treat them well in return, it is not easy. But we should forgive those people and treat them well.
We can learn a lot about this from an incident in the Bible where we see Joseph’s brothers forgiving his brothers even though they had treated him badly. He did not take revenge on his brothers but said it was God’s plan, and he loved his brothers. We must learn from this story to forgive others even if others treat us badly.
God’s Word says that we should never give up in doing good. God sees all our works, and He will reward us in due time. So if someone treats us badly, we should not treat them the same way. Since they do not know the true God, let them treat them badly, but we should treat them well.
Now, let us look at the following Bible verses that talk about being kind to the bad.
Luke 23:34 : —
“Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. they parted his raiment, cast lots”
Luke 6:27 : —
“But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you”
Luke 6:31 : —
“As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise”
Luke 6:35 : —
“But love ye your enemies, do good, lend, hoping for nothing again; your reward shall be great, ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful to the evil”
Romans 12:14 : —
“Bless them which persecute you: bless, curse not”
Romans 12:17 : —
“Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men”
Romans 12:20-21 : —
“Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his headBe not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good”
Romans 14:19 : —
“Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, things wherewith one may edify another”
Romans 15:1 : —
“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, not to please ourselves”
Proverbs 10:12 : —
“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins”
Proverbs 12:16 : —
“A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame”
Proverbs 15:1 : —
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger”
Proverbs 15:18 : —
“A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife”
Proverbs 16:7 : —
“When a man’s ways please the Lord , he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him”
Proverbs 19:11 : —
“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; it is his glory to pass over a transgression”
Proverbs 24:17 : —
“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth”
Proverbs 25:21 : —
“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; if he be thirsty, give him water to drink”
Ephesians 4:2 : —
“With all lowliness meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love”
Ephesians 4:26 : —
“Be ye angry, sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath”
Ephesians 4:32 : —
“Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you”
Colossians 3:13 : —
“Forbearing one another, forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye”
Colossians 4:6 : —
“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man”
James 1:19 : —
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath”
James 2:8 : —
“If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well”
James 3:17 : —
“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, full of mercy good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy”
Matthew 5:39 : —
“But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also”
Matthew 6:14 : —
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you”
Matthew 7:12 : —
“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law the prophets”
Galatians 5:22 : —
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith”
Galatians 6:10 : —
“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith”
Titus 3:2 : —
“To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men”
Micah 6:8 : —
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with thy God?”