Bible Verses About Loving Your Neighbor
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for loving your neighbor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 11,278 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 Your Neighbor
Mark 12:31914 votes
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Leviticus 19:18674 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 7:12385 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.
Luke 6:27370 votes
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Matthew 22:36-40329 votes
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Romans 13:8-10297 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Matthew 19:19271 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
James 2:8254 votes
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
John 15:12242 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Romans 15:2231 votes
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Galatians 5:14203 votes
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Luke 10:25-37198 votes
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Romans 13:9197 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.
1 John 4:16182 votes
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Matthew 22:39180 votes
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
1 John 4:21167 votes
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Luke 10:27148 votes
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Romans 13:10133 votes
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
John 3:16122 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.
1 John 4:7116 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Matthew 7:1-2113 votes
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Colossians 3:12-14112 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Romans 13:8109 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Ephesians 4:25109 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
John 13:34105 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
What does the Bible say about loving your neighbor?
Readers most often cite Mark 12:31 on the subject of loving your neighbor. Across 11,278 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 7:12, Luke 6:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.