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
Hath she not been taught every First-day to do good to them that despitefully use her?
From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you.” …
From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Otto Heller
To mete out human justice to those who per- secure and despitefully use one, is not leaving all retribu- tion to God and returning blessing for cursing.
From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy
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