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What does the Bible say about loving your neighbor?

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  • Mark 12:31

    The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

  • Leviticus 19:18

    You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

  • Matthew 7:12

    Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

  • Luke 6:27

    "But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

  • Matthew 22:36-40

    [36] "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?" [37] Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' [40] The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

  • Romans 13:8-10

    [8] Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. [9] For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." [10] Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

  • Matthew 19:19

    'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"

  • James 2:8

    However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.

  • John 15:12

    "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

  • Romans 15:2

    Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.

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