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Bible Verses About Respect for Neighbors

This collection includes 50 passages about Respect for Neighbors. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

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Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

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See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

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And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

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Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

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He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

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Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

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And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

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Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

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But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

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Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

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But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

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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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Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

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These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

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Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

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And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

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To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

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Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

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He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

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Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

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And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

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Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

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Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

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Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

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Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

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Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

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Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

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Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

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But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

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And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

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Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

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