Matthew 7:12
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The Golden Rule
12 “So (A)whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is (B)the Law and the Prophets.
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Luke 6:31
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31 And (A)as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
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Romans 13:8-10
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Fulfilling the Law Through Love
8 (A)Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for (B)the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, (C)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: (D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore (E)love is the fulfilling of the law.
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Mark 12:29-34
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29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, (A)‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, (B)the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 (C)The second is this: (D)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment (E)greater than these.” 32 And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that (F)he is one, and (G)there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all (H)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, (I)is much more than all (J)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” (K)And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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Galatians 5:13-14
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (A)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (B)serve one another. 14 For (C)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: (D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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Leviticus 19:18
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18 (A)You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but (B)you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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Matthew 22:39-40
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39 And (A)a second is like it: (B)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 (C)On these two commandments depend (D)all the Law and the Prophets.”
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 The aim of our charge is love (A)that issues from a pure heart and (B)a good conscience and (C)a sincere faith.
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and (A)what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,[a]
and to (B)walk humbly with your God?
Footnotes
- Micah 6:8 Or steadfast love
Zechariah 8:16-17
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16 These are the things that you shall do: (A)Speak the truth to one another; (B)render in your gates judgments (C)that are true and make for peace; 17 (D)do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and (E)love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”
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Amos 5:14-15
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Jeremiah 7:5-6
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Zechariah 7:7-10
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7 (A)Were not these the words that the Lord proclaimed (B)by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, (C)with her cities around her, and the (D)South and the (E)lowland were inhabited?’”
8 And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, 9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, (F)Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, 10 (G)do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, (H)or the poor, and (I)let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”
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Ezekiel 18:7-8
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7 (A)does not oppress anyone, but (B)restores to the debtor his pledge, (C)commits no robbery, (D)gives his bread to the hungry (E)and covers the naked with a garment, 8 (F)does not lend at interest (G)or take any profit,[a] withholds his hand from injustice, (H)executes true justice between man and man,
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- Ezekiel 18:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor; also verses 13, 17 (compare Leviticus 25:36)
Isaiah 1:17-18
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17 learn to do good;
(A)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(B)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
18 “Come now, (C)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (D)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
James 2:10-13
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10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point (A)has become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said, (B)“Do not commit adultery,” also said, (C)“Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under (D)the law of liberty. 13 For (E)judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Ezekiel 18:21
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21 (A)“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does (B)what is just and right, (C)he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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