Bible Verses About Loving Thy Neighbor
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for loving thy neighbor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 420 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 Loving Thy Neighbor
Mark 12:3128 votes
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Leviticus 19:1822 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.
Matthew 7:1219 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.
Matthew 22:3918 votes
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Romans 13:1016 votes
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Romans 15:216 votes
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Matthew 22:36-4014 votes
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Galatians 6:214 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:1014 votes
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
John 13:3413 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Isaiah 1:1712 votes
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Romans 12:1012 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Romans 13:912 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.
Romans 14:1312 votes
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
1 Corinthians 10:2412 votes
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
Galatians 5:1412 votes
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Philippians 2:312 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Colossians 3:1312 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.
1 Thessalonians 3:1212 votes
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
1 Thessalonians 5:1112 votes
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Hebrews 13:1-212 votes
Let brotherly love continue.
James 1:2712 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.
1 Peter 3:812 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 Peter 4:812 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
1 John 3:1112 votes
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
What does the Bible say about loving thy neighbor?
Readers most often cite Mark 12:31 on the subject of loving thy neighbor. Across 420 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 7:12, Matthew 22:39. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.