Matthew 5:43

American Standard Version (1901)

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:

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  • Lev 19:18 : 18 Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.
  • Deut 23:6 : 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 Honor thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
  • Gal 5:13-14 : 13 For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
  • Exod 17:14-16 : 14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi; 16 and he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
  • Matt 22:39-40 : 39 And a second like [unto it] is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.
  • Mark 12:31-34 : 31 The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he: 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
  • Luke 10:27-29 : 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
  • Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.
  • Deut 25:17 : 17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;
  • Ps 41:10 : 10 But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.
  • Ps 139:21-22 : 21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
  • Matt 5:21 : 21 Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

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    46For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

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    27But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

    28bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.

    29To him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.

    30Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

    31And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

    32And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them.

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    38Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

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    40And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

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    39And a second like [unto it] is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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    19Honor thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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    20But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

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    17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

    18Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

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    21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

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    17These things I command you, that ye may love one another.

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    12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

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    14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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    17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

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    7And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.

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    6in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

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    8Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

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    36Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers?

    37And he said, He that showed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.