504 verses about Neighbor

Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don’t withhold your coat also.

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

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

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”

When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.

They didn’t receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.

But into whatever city you enter, and they don’t receive you, go out into its streets and say,

‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’

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; Deuteronomy 6:5 and your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19:18

But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’

Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?”

He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’

I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’

“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.’

A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,

As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”

The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.

Everyone went to his own house,

The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, “Isn’t this he who sat and begged?”

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. Isaiah 56:8 I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’

But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

He lodges with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside.

He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;

The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and courteously entertained us for three days.

I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Proverbs 25:21-22

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21 and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19:18

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19:18

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

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

Let brotherly love continue.

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” Leviticus 19:18 you do well.

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled”; and yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.