James 2:8

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If you truly fulfill the royal law according to Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing well.

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  • Lev 19:18 : 18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Gal 6:2 : 2 Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
  • Phil 4:14 : 14 Yet it was kind of you to share in my troubles.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—this person will be blessed in what he does.
  • Jas 2:12 : 12 Speak and act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
  • Lev 19:34 : 34 Treat the foreigner residing among you as your native-born and love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
  • 1 Kgs 8:18 : 18 But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart.'
  • 2 Kgs 7:9 : 9 Then they said to each other, "What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news, and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go and report this at the royal palace."
  • Jonah 4:4 : 4 But the LORD said, 'Is it right for you to be angry?'
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 But God said to Jonah, 'Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?' And Jonah replied, 'It is right for me to be angry, even to the point of death.'
  • Matt 22:39 : 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
  • Mark 12:31-33 : 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these. 32 Then the scribe said to him, 'Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, that God is one, and there is no other besides him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.'
  • Luke 10:27-37 : 27 The man answered, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.' 28 Jesus said to him, 'You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.' 29 But wishing to justify himself, he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?' 30 Jesus replied, 'A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half-dead.' 31 By chance, a priest was going down that road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise, a Levite came to the same place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The next day, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' 36 Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? 37 The expert in the law replied, 'The one who showed him mercy.' Then Jesus said to him, 'Go and do likewise.'
  • Rom 13:8-9 : 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 bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  • Jas 2:9-13
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    9But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

    10For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking it all.

    11For He who said, 'You shall not commit adultery,' also said, 'You shall not murder.' Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

    12Speak and act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

    13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Gal 5:13-15
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    13For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

    14For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

    15But if you bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

  • Matt 22:38-40
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    38This is the first and greatest commandment.

    39And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

    40All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments.

  • Rom 13:8-10
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    8Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

    9For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

    10Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.

  • Mark 12:31
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    31The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these.

  • Matt 19:19
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    19'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

  • Jas 2:7
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    7Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name that was invoked over you?

  • Luke 6:31-33
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    31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

    32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

    33If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice between a person and their neighbor,

  • Matt 7:12
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    12So in everything, do to others what you would want them to do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Lev 19:17-18
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    17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.

    18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

    14For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

  • Matt 5:43
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    43You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

  • Jas 1:25
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    25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—this person will be blessed in what he does.

  • Matt 5:46-47
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    46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

    47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

  • Rom 2:27
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    27The one who is not physically circumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

  • Rom 2:23
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    23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

  • Luke 10:27-28
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    27The man answered, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.'

    28Jesus said to him, 'You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.'

  • Jas 1:22
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    22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

  • 1 Tim 1:8
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    8Now we know that the law is good if one uses it properly.

  • 1 Cor 6:8
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    8Instead, you yourselves wrong and cheat—and you do this to your brothers and sisters.

  • Matt 22:36
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    36'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?'

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

  • Mark 12:33
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    33To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.'

  • 1 Pet 2:17
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    17Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.

  • Lev 25:14
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    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

  • Rom 10:5
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    5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”

  • Zech 8:17
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    17Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.