What Does the Bible Say About Who Is Your Neighbor?

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ...

James 2:14-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Luke 10:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

1 John 4:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Luke 10:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 10:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ ...

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Galatians 5:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Luke 10:25-28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”

13 Bible Verses about Who Is Your Neighbor

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 8 helpful votes

James 2:14-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 10:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 5:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 10:25-28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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13 Bible Verses about Who Is Your Neighbor

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Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 8 helpful votes

James 2:14-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 10:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 5:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 10:25-28 ESV / 1 helpful vote