Leviticus 19:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:19 : 19 Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.
  • Rom 13:9 : 9 And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Prov 20:22 : 22 Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.
  • Rom 13:4 : 4 For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.
  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
  • Luke 10:27-37 : 27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself. 28 And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life. 29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour? 30 And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead. 31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he went by on the other side. 32 And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, went by on the other side. 33 But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him, 34 And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him. 35 And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed. 36 Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves? 37 And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.
  • Gal 5:20 : 20 Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,
  • Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;
  • Matt 5:43-44 : 43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you: 44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
  • Matt 19:16 : 16 And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?
  • Matt 22:39-40 : 39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. 40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
  • Exod 23:4-5 : 4 If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him. 5 If you see the ass of one who has no love for you bent down to the earth under the weight which is put on it, you are to come to its help, even against your desire.
  • Deut 32:25 : 25 Outside they will be cut off by the sword, and in the inner rooms by fear; death will take the young man and the virgin, the baby at the breast and the grey-haired man.
  • 2 Sam 13:22 : 22 But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.
  • 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.
  • Heb 10:30 : 30 For we have had experience of him who says, Punishment is mine, I will give reward. And again, The Lord will be judge of his people.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
  • Mark 12:31-34 : 31 The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these. 32 And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he: 33 And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings. 34 And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

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  • Lev 19:11-17
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    11 Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

    12 And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

    13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

    14 Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.

    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

    16 Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

    17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

  • Matt 19:18-19
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    18 He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

    19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Lev 25:17
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    17 And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 19:32-35
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    32 Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

    33 And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

    34 Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

    35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

  • Rom 12:19
    76%

    19 Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.

  • Exod 20:15-17
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    76%

    15 Do not take the property of another.

    16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

    17 Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17 Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

  • Deut 5:19-21
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    19 Do not take the property of another.

    20 Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

    21 Or let your desire be turned to your neighbour's wife, or his house or his field or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is your neighbour's.

  • Rom 13:8-9
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    8 Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

    9 And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Matt 22:39
    74%

    39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Matt 5:43
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    43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

  • Deut 19:14
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    14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Lev 18:20
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    20 And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

  • Exod 20:13
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    13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Deut 19:19-21
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    19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

    20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.

    21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Deut 5:17
    73%

    17 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Lev 19:19
    73%

    19 Keep my laws. Do not let your cattle have offspring by those of a different sort; do not put mixed seed into your field; do not put on a robe made of two sorts of cloth.

  • Lev 25:14
    73%

    14 And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

  • Lev 19:4
    72%

    4 Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

  • Prov 3:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29 Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

    30 Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

  • Deut 5:9
    72%

    9 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

  • Prov 24:29
    72%

    29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

  • Deut 13:8
    72%

    8 Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;

  • Exod 20:5
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    5 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

  • Exod 22:21
    71%

    21 Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

  • Jas 2:8
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    8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

  • Prov 20:22
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    22 Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

  • Gal 5:14
    71%

    14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Lev 18:2
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    2 Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

  • Deut 19:11
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    11 But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;

  • Mark 12:31
    71%

    31 The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

  • Exod 22:25
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    25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.