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Matthew 7:12

WEB

12Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

KJV

12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

BSB

12In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

FBV

12Treat others the way you want them to treat you. This sums up the law and the prophets.

Related Resources

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Extra References

Luke 6:31

31As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.


Romans 13:8-10

8Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9For 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.”10Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.


Galatians 5:13-14

13For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. 14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”


Mark 12:29-34

29Jesus answered, The greatest is: ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’This is the first commandment. 31The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

32The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he; 33and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

34When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, You are not far from God’s Kingdom.” No one dared ask him any question after that.


Leviticus 19:18

18“‘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 the LORD.


Matthew 22:39-40

39A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’40The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”


Micah 6:8

8He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?


Zechariah 8:16-17

16These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates, 17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate,” says the LORD.


1 Timothy 1:5

5But the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith,


Amos 5:14-15

14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say. 15Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”