Bible Verses About How to Treat Your Neighbor
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for how to treat your neighbor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 692 votes, led by Mark 12:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about How to Treat Your Neighbor
Mark 12:3190 votes
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Luke 6:2744 votes
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Matthew 7:1227 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Leviticus 19:1826 votes
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
Luke 10:25-3724 votes
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Galatians 5:1422 votes
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 5:4421 votes
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
James 2:821 votes
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Matthew 5:4320 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Mark 12:3020 votes
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
James 1:2720 votes
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
John 13:3419 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Galatians 6:1019 votes
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Romans 13:1017 votes
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Romans 13:916 votes
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 19:1915 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
1 Corinthians 10:2415 votes
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
1 Peter 3:815 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Romans 13:8-1014 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 15:214 votes
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Colossians 3:1314 votes
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
John 3:1613 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 14:613 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Galatians 2:2013 votes
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Proverbs 3:2912 votes
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
What does the Bible say about how to treat your neighbor?
Readers most often cite Mark 12:31 on the subject of how to treat your neighbor. Across 692 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 6:27, Matthew 7:12, Leviticus 19:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.