Here are 100 Bible verses about how to treat your neighbor, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Mark 12:31 KJV
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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Luke 6:27 KJV
27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
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Matthew 7:12 KJV
12 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.
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Leviticus 19:18 KJV
18 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.
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Luke 10:25-37 KJV
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27 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. …
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Galatians 5:14 KJV
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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James 2:8 KJV
8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
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Matthew 5:44 KJV
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
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James 1:27 KJV
27 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.
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Mark 12:30 KJV
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
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Matthew 5:43 KJV
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
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Galatians 6:10 KJV
10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
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John 13:34 KJV
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
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Romans 13:10 KJV
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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1 Corinthians 10:24 KJV
24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
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Romans 13:9 KJV
9 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.
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1 Peter 3:8 KJV
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
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Matthew 19:19 KJV
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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Colossians 3:13 KJV
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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Romans 15:2 KJV
2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
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Romans 13:8-10 KJV
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 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. 10 Love worketh no ill …
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Galatians 2:20 KJV
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
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John 3:16 KJV
16 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.
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1 John 3:17 KJV
17 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?
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Romans 12:10 KJV
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
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John 14:6 KJV
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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Luke 10:27 KJV
27 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.
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Proverbs 3:29 KJV
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
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John 15:12 KJV
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
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Matthew 22:39 KJV
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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1 John 3:11 KJV
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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Hebrews 13:1-2 KJV
1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
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Romans 1:16 KJV
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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John 13:34-35 KJV
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
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Matthew 6:33 KJV
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Isaiah 1:17 KJV
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
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Proverbs 21:1-31 KJV
1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. …
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Leviticus 19:13 KJV
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
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Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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Romans 1:1-32 KJV
1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the …
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John 15:13 KJV
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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Luke 6:31 KJV
31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
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Mark 12:33 KJV
33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
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Mark 12:30-31 KJV
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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Matthew 22:40 KJV
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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Matthew 5:16 KJV
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
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Micah 6:8 KJV
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
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1 Peter 4:8 KJV
8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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1 Thessalonians 5:11 KJV
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
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1 Thessalonians 3:12 KJV
12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
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Philippians 2:3 KJV
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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Ephesians 4:25 KJV
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
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Galatians 6:2 KJV
2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
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2 Corinthians 11:14-15 KJV
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
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Romans 14:13 KJV
13 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.
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Romans 13:9-10 KJV
9 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. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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Romans 13:8 KJV
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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Romans 5:8 KJV
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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John 3:5 KJV
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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Mark 12:29-31 KJV
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than …
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Matthew 25:40 KJV
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
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Matthew 22:37-40 KJV
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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Matthew 5:43-48 KJV
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain …
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Deuteronomy 10:19 KJV
19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Deuteronomy 6:4-5 KJV
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
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Leviticus 19:34 KJV
34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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Leviticus 19:33-34 KJV
33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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Leviticus 19:17-18 KJV
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 18 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.
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Leviticus 19:9-10 KJV
9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.
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Revelation 2:26 KJV
26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
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Galatians 3:28 KJV
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
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John 13:35 KJV
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
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Luke 6:35 KJV
35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
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Matthew 7:1 KJV
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
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Matthew 3:15 KJV
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
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Exodus 20:16 KJV
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Revelation 1:1-20 KJV
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things …
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1 John 4:21 KJV
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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1 John 4:7 KJV
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
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1 John 2:10 KJV
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
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Romans 2:1 KJV
1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
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Acts 1:1-26 KJV
1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the …
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John 3:16-17 KJV
16 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. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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John 1:1-51 KJV
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it …
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Mark 16:16 KJV
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
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Matthew 5:13 KJV
13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
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Exodus 35:2 KJV
2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
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1 John 5:3 KJV
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
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1 John 4:18 KJV
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
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1 John 4:8 KJV
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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1 John 3:18 KJV
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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Colossians 3:12-14 KJV
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
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Philippians 2:3-4 KJV
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
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Ephesians 5:25 KJV
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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Ephesians 2:4-5 KJV
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
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1 Corinthians 13:13 KJV
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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Romans 14:5 KJV
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
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Romans 12:19 KJV
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
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Mark 2:17 KJV
17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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Matthew 23:23 KJV
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
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