Matthew 5:43

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

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  • Lev 19:18 : 18 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.
  • Deut 23:6 : 6 Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Gal 5:13-14 : 13 Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another. 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:
  • Exod 17:14-16 : 14 And the Lord said to Moses, Make a record of this in a book, so that it may be kept in memory, and say it again in the ears of Joshua: that all memory of Amalek is to be completely uprooted from the earth. 15 Then Moses put up an altar and gave it the name of Yahweh-nissi: 16 For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Luke 10:27-29 : 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?
  • Rom 13:8-9 : 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. 10 Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.
  • Deut 25:17 : 17 Keep in mind what Amalek did to you on your way from Egypt;
  • Ps 41:10 : 10 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.
  • Ps 139:21-22 : 21 Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me? 22 My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.
  • Matt 5:21 : 21 You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

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  • Matt 5:44-47
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    44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

    45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

    46 For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

    47 And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

  • Luke 6:27-33
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    27 But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

    28 Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

    29 If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

    30 Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

    31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

    32 If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.

    33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

  • Matt 5:38-42
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    38 You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

    39 But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

    40 And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.

    41 And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.

    42 Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

  • Luke 6:35
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    35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

  • Matt 22:39
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    39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

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

  • Rom 12:20
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    20 But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

  • Lev 19:17-18
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    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.

    18 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.

  • Matt 5:11-12
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    11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

    12 Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

  • Rom 12:14
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    14 Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.

  • Prov 25:21-22
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    21 If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

    22 For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

  • John 15:17-18
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    17 So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

    18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

  • John 15:12
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    12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Matt 5:21
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    21 You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

  • Luke 6:22
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    22 Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

  • Ps 109:5
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    5 They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

  • John 15:23
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    23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

  • Luke 10:27
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    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.

  • Luke 21:17
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    17 And you will be hated by all men, because of me.

  • Rom 13:9
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    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.

  • Deut 30:7
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    7 And the Lord your God will put all these curses on those who are against you, and on your haters who put a cruel yoke on you.

  • 2 Sam 19:6
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    6 For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.

  • 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:

  • John 15:25
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    25 This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.

  • 1 Pet 3:9
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    9 Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15 Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

  • Matt 7:12
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    12 All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

  • Matt 5:33
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    33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

  • John 13:34
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    34 I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

  • Mark 12:31
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    31 The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

  • Luke 10:36-37
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    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.