James 2:8

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If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.

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  • Lev 19:18 : 18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Gal 6:2 : 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
  • Phil 4:14 : 14 Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my affliction.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But concerning brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
  • Jas 2:12 : 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
  • Lev 19:34 : 34 But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
  • 1 Kgs 8:18 : 18 And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
  • 2 Kgs 7:9 : 9 Then they said one to another, We do not do well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we wait until the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
  • Jonah 4:4 : 4 Then the LORD said, Do you do well to be angry?
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the plant? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
  • Matt 22:39 : 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.
  • Mark 12:31-33 : 31 And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. 32 So the scribe said to him, 'Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
  • Luke 10:27-37 : 27 And he 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 your neighbor as yourself. 28 And he said to him, You have answered rightly: this do, and you shall live. 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? 30 And Jesus answered and said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that way, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 And went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you. 36 Now, which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves? 37 And he said, He who showed mercy on him. 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 another 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 if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. The demons also believe, and tremble.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

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    9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

    10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

    11For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

    12So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.

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  • Gal 5:13-15
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    13For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

    14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

    15But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another.

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

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

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    8Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another 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 if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

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    31And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these.

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    19Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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    7Do they not blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called?

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

    32For if you love those who love you, what thanks do you have? for sinners also love those who love them.

    33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have? for sinners also do the same.

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    2Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

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    5For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

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    12Therefore, whatever you want others to do to you, do also to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets.

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    11Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

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    4are you not then partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

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    17You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.

    18You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

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    12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

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

    14For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law to themselves:

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    43You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

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    46For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

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    27And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

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    23You who make your boast of the law, through breaking the law do you dishonor God?

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    27And he 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 your neighbor as yourself.

    28And he said to him, You have answered rightly: this do, and you shall live.

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    22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

  • 1 Tim 1:8
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    8But we know that the law is good if a man uses it lawfully;

  • 1 Cor 6:8
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    8No, you do wrong and defraud, and that your brethren.

  • Matt 22:36
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    36Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

  • Lev 19:15
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    15You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

  • Mark 12:33
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    33And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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    17Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

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    22Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

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    5Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers;

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    14And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:

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    5For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, that the man who does those things shall live by them.

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    17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.