Matthew 5:43

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Matthew 5:41–45 · Berean Standard Bible

41 and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

43 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’

44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Matthew 19:19

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 22:39

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 22:40

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Leviticus 19:18

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Mark 12:31

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

Mark 12:32

“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,

Mark 12:33

and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Mark 12:34

When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.

Luke 10:27

He answered, “‘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 ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Luke 10:28

“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”

Luke 10:29

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Romans 13:8

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:9

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.”

Romans 13:10

Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Galatians 5:13

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.

Galatians 5:14

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

James 2:8

If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

Exodus 17:14

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

Exodus 17:15

And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

Exodus 17:16

“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

Deuteronomy 23:6

You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.

Deuteronomy 25:17

Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,

Psalms 41:10

But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

Psalms 139:21

Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

Psalms 139:22

I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.