Leviticus 19:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.”
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“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 19:18 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:4If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
- Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
- 2 Samuel 13:22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
- 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
- Psalms 103:9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
- Proverbs 20:22Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- Matthew 5:43You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
- Matthew 19:16Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”
- Matthew 19:19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Mark 12:31The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
- Luke 10:27He 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.’”
- Acts 16:28But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
- Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- Romans 12:19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Romans 13:4For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
- Romans 13:9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Galatians 5:14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Galatians 5:20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
- Ephesians 4:31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- Hebrews 10:30For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
- James 2:8If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
- 1 Peter 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
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