despitefully
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Jesus said, “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.”
From Time ● Jun. 15, 2016
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
From Time Magazine Archive
It teaches us to “defraud no man,” to “corrupt no man,” to “love our enemies,” to “pray for those who despitefully use us,” to “disregard external distinctions.”
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 by Walker, Aaron
Never in her life had she been so despitefully used.
From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson
The Bible tells us to 'do good to them that despitefully use us.'
From Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Glenwood, Ida
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