Neighbor

General Scriptures Concerning

• Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Exodus 23:4–5 If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him. …
• Leviticus 6:2–5 “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor …
• Leviticus 19:13 You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
• Leviticus 19:16–18 You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD. …
• Deuteronomy 22:1–4 If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother. …
• Psalm 15:1–3 O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain? …
• Proverbs 3:28–29 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means. …
• Isaiah 58:6–14 Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? …
• Jeremiah 22:13 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
• Zechariah 8:16–17 These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates, …
• Matthew 7:12 In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
• Matthew 19:19 honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
• Matthew 22:39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
• Matthew 25:34–46 Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. …
• Mark 12:31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
• Luke 10:25–37 One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” …
• Romans 13:9–10 The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” …
• Romans 15:2 Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
• Galatians 5:14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
• Galatians 6:10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
• Hebrews 13:3 Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
• James 2:8–9 If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. …