Look up each of the verses below and write down Bible principles that you can learn from them about this virtue. A “principle” is a “truth you can live by.”
1. Read the “Golden Rule” and put it in common words Mt 7:12.
2. Our flesh often wants to get even when we have been mistreated, but what does God tell us to do instead?
2a) Pr 24:17-18
2b) Pr 24:29
2c) Mt 5:44
3. Note that God said we are to Bless—Do good—Pray. This BDP principle is found throughout the Bible. How is this principle described in the verses that follow?
3a) Ex 23:4
3b) Ex 23:5
3c) Pr 20:22
3d) Pr 25:21
3e) Mt 5:39
3f) Mt 5:43-44
3g) Mt 7:12
3h) Mr 12:31
3i) Lu 6:34,35
3j) Ro 12:14
3k) Ro 12:17
3l) Ro 12:18
3m) Ro 12:19
3n) Ro 12:21
3o) Ro 13:10
3p) 1Th 5:15
3q) 1Pe 3:9
4. How did the following people respond to evil?
4a) Jesus Lu 23:34
4b) Steven Ac 7:60
4c) Paul 1Co 4:12,13
4d) Jesus 1Pe 2:23
5. What will happen to those who respond wrongly? Jas 2:13
6. If you find it difficult not to respond wrongly, what should you concentrate on doing? Lu 6:27-28