Bible verses about Love

Love Your Neighbour

Love as the summary of the whole law.

10 verses · World English Bible, with the American Standard Version beneath

  1. “ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

    Leviticus 19:18

    ASV Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

  2. A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

    Matthew 22:39

    ASV And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

  3. The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

    Mark 12:31

    ASV The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

  4. He answered, “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.”

    Luke 10:27

    ASV 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 neighbor as thyself.

  5. But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

    Luke 10:33–34

    ASV But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion, and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

  6. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

    Romans 13:9

    ASV For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

  7. Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

    Romans 13:10

    ASV Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

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

    Galatians 5:14

    ASV For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

  9. However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

    James 2:8

    ASV Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

  10. Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

    Matthew 7:12

    ASV All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.