Matthew 5:43

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

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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.
  • Deut 23:6 : 6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
  • Gal 5:13-14 : 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.
  • Exod 17:14-16 : 14 And the LORD said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it The LORD is my banner: 16 For he said, Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
  • Matt 22:39-40 : 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
  • Mark 12:31-34 : 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. 34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' After that, no one dared question him.
  • Luke 10:27-29 : 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?
  • 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.' 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
  • Deut 25:17 : 17 Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you came forth out of Egypt;
  • Ps 41:10 : 10 But You, O LORD, be merciful to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
  • Ps 139:21-22 : 21 Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against You? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.
  • Matt 5:21 : 21 You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder,' and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment:

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  • Matt 5:44-47
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    44But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you;

    45That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

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

    47And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?

  • Luke 6:27-33
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    27But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

    28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.

    29And to him who strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and to him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also.

    30Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them back.

    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.

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

    39But I say to you, do not resist an evil person: but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

    40If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also.

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

    42Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.

  • Luke 6:35
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    35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

  • Matt 22:39
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    39And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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

  • Rom 12:20
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    20Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink: for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.

  • Lev 19:17-18
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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.

  • Matt 5:11-12
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    11Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

  • Rom 12:14
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    14Bless those who persecute you; bless, and do not curse.

  • Prov 25:21-22
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    21If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

    22For you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward you.

  • John 15:17-18
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    17These things I command you, that you love one another.

    18If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you.

  • John 15:12
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    12This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

  • Matt 5:21
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    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder,' and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment:

  • Luke 6:22
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    22Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

  • Ps 109:5
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    5They have repaid me evil for good and hatred for my love.

  • John 15:23
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    23He who hates me hates my Father also.

  • Luke 10:27
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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.

  • Luke 21:17
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    17And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake.

  • Rom 13:9
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    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.'

  • Deut 30:7
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    7And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

  • 2 Sam 19:6
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    6In that you love your enemies and hate your friends. For you have declared today that you regard neither princes nor servants; for I perceive this day, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died today, then it would have pleased you well.

  • Jas 2:8
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    8If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.

  • John 15:25
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    25But this happens so that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

  • 1 Pet 3:9
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    9Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone; but always pursue what is good, both for yourselves and for all.

  • Matt 7:12
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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.

  • Matt 5:33
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    33Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord:'

  • John 13:34
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    34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

  • Mark 12:31
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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.

  • Luke 10:36-37
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    36Now, which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?

    37And he said, He who showed mercy on him. Then Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise.