difficult people
What does the Bible say about difficult people? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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15See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone. Instead, always pursue whatever is good, with one another and with all.
44But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.
24For the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but instead he must be meek toward everyone, teachable, patient, 25correcting with self-restraint those who resist the truth. For at any time God may give them repentance, so as to recognize the truth, 26and then they may recover from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.
20So if an enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in doing so, you will heap burning coals upon his head.
25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your sins.
45In this way, you shall be sons of your Father, who is in heaven. He causes his sun to rise upon the good and the bad, and he causes it to rain upon the just and the unjust.
35So truly, love your enemies. Do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.
1A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.
14And do everything without murmuring or hesitation.
1“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.