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Matthew 5:43

"You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

Loving neighbors and enemies

Key words: agapaō miseō echthros akouō rheō

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Ye have heardēkousate Ἠκούσατεakouō7
thathoti ὅτιhoti33
it hath been saiderrethē ἐρρέθηrheō6
Thou shalt loveagapēseis Ἀγαπήσειςagapaō5
thysou σουsou50
neighbourplēsion πλησίονplēsion1
andkai καὶkai104
hatemisēseis μισήσειςmiseō3
thinesou σουsou50
enemyechthron ἐχθρόνechthros2

Memory passages these point to

J-5 James 2:8-10P-5 James 2:8-9S-5 James 2:8-10

Cross-references 13

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

Thou shalt love thy neighbour 8
  • Matthew 19:19

    19"Honor your father and your mother,' and, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."'

  • Matthew 22:39-40

    39And the second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

  • Leviticus 19:18

    18You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

  • Mark 12:31-34

    31And the second, like it, is this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." 32So the scribe said to Him, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 34Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." But after that no one dared question Him.

  • Luke 10:27-29

    27So he answered and said, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and "your neighbor as yourself."' 28And He said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you will live." 29But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

  • Romans 13:8-10

    8Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery,You shall not murder,You shall not steal,You shall not bear false witness,You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

  • Galatians 5:13-14

    13For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

  • James 2:8 J-5 James 2:8-10P-5 James 2:8-9S-5 James 2:8-10

    8If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well;

and hate thine enemy 5
  • Exodus 17:14-16

    14Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven." 15And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-LORD-Is-My-Banner; 16for he said, "Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."

  • Deuteronomy 23:6

    6You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

  • Deuteronomy 25:17

    17"Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt,

  • Psalms 41:10

    10But You, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay them.

  • Psalms 139:21-22

    21Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? 22I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.

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