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30 Bible Verse About Neighbors

  1. Leviticus 19:18 (NIV)

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

  2. Matthew 22:39 (NIV)

    “And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

  3. Mark 12:31 (NIV)

    “The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

  4. Luke 10:27 (NIV)

    “He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

  5. Romans 13:10 (NIV)

    “Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”

  6. Galatians 5:14 (NIV)

    “For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

  7. James 2:8 (NIV)

    “If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing right.”

  8. Leviticus 19:34 (NIV)

    “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”

  9. Matthew 7:12 (NIV)

    “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

  10. Luke 10:29-37 (NIV)

    But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ In reply Jesus said: ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’ Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?’ The expert in the law replied, ‘The one who had mercy on him.’ Jesus told him, ‘Go and do likewise.’”

  11. Romans 15:2 (NIV)

    “Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.”

  12. Galatians 6:10 (NIV)

    “Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”

  13. Proverbs 3:28 (NIV)

    “Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you’— when you already have it with you.”

  14. Proverbs 14:21 (NIV)

    “It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.”

  15. Proverbs 27:10 (NIV)

    “Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.”

  16. Proverbs 17:17 (NIV)

    “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”

  17. Proverbs 25:17 (NIV)

    “Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house— too much of you, and they will hate you.”

  18. Exodus 20:16 (NIV)

    “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”

  19. Proverbs 6:3 (NIV)

    “So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion— and give your neighbor no rest!”

  20. Matthew 5:43 (NIV)

    “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’”

  21. Proverbs 27:9 (NIV)

    “Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.”

  22. Proverbs 14:7 (NIV)

    “Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips.”

  23. Proverbs 17:15 (NIV)

    “Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the Lord detests them both.”

  24. Proverbs 25:18 (NIV)

    “Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.”

  25. Proverbs 29:5 (NIV)

    “Those who flatter their neighbors are spreading nets for their feet.”

  26. Exodus 20:17 (NIV)

    “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

  27. Leviticus 19:15 (NIV)

    “Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.”

  28. Proverbs 24:28 (NIV)

    “Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?”

  29. Matthew 5:46 (NIV)

    “If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?”

  30. Luke 6:31 (NIV)

    “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”