Love of Man for Man
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Leviticus 19:18, 34
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. / You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 10:19
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Psalm 133:1–3
A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! / It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes. / It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 15:17
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Proverbs 17:9, 17
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends. / A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Songs 8:6, 7
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all. / Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
Matthew 5:41–47
and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. / Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. / You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
Matthew 7:12
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 10:41, 42
Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. / And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
Matthew 19:19
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Matthew 25:34–40
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. / For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
Mark 9:41
Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
Mark 12:30–33
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ / The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” / “Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,
Luke 6:31–35
Do to others as you would have them do to you. / If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. / If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
Luke 10:30–37
Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. / Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. / So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.
John 13:14, 15, 34, 35
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. / I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you. / A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
John 15:12, 13, 17
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. / Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. / This is My command to you: Love one another.
Romans 12:9, 10
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. / Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Romans 13:8–10
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. / The 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.” / Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
1 Corinthians 8:1
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Corinthians 13:1–13
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. / If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. / If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
1 Corinthians 14:1
Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
1 Corinthians 16:14
Do everything in love.
2 Corinthians 8:7, 8
But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving. / I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
Galatians 5:13, 14, 22, 26
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. / The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” / But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Philippians 1:9
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
Philippians 2:2
then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
Colossians 2:2
that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
1 Timothy 1:5, 14
The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. / And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:15
Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
1 Timothy 6:2
Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Titus 3:15
All who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.
Philemon 1:12–16
I am sending back to you him who is my very heart. / I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel. / But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
James 2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
1 Peter 1:22
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
1 Peter 2:17
Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
1 Peter 3:8, 9
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble. / Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
2 Peter 1:7
and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
1 John 2:9–11
If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. / Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. / But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 3:11, 14, 16–19, 23
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. / We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. / By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
1 John 4:7, 11, 12, 20, 21
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. / Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. / No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1 John 5:1, 2
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him. / By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
2 John 1:5
And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.