Bible Verses About Neighbors
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for neighbors, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 13,660 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 Neighbors
Mark 12:31406 votes
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
James 2:8359 votes
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Romans 15:2355 votes
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Matthew 7:12343 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.
Galatians 5:14322 votes
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Leviticus 19:18238 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.
Romans 13:10237 votes
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Luke 10:27235 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.
Proverbs 3:29215 votes
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Galatians 6:10206 votes
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Matthew 19:19202 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Luke 6:31197 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Galatians 6:2196 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Matthew 22:39192 votes
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Proverbs 25:17-18184 votes
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Romans 13:9172 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 3:17150 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Leviticus 19:16-18138 votes
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
1 Corinthians 10:24133 votes
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
1 Peter 4:8128 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
James 1:27125 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 John 3:11125 votes
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Hebrews 13:1-2120 votes
Let brotherly love continue.
Romans 12:10118 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Romans 12:19118 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
What does the Bible say about neighbors?
Readers most often cite Mark 12:31 on the subject of neighbors. Across 13,660 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 2:8, Romans 15:2, Matthew 7:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.