Leviticus 19:18

Thou shalt not seek vengeance, neither thou shalt be mindful of the wrong of thy citizens (nor shalt thou remember the wrong-doings of thy fellow citizens); thou shalt love thy friend as thyself; I am the Lord.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

In Context

17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but reprove thou him openly, lest thou have sin on him. (Thou shalt not hate thy brother in private, but rather, rebuke thou him openly, lest thou sin because of him.)

19Keep ye my laws (or Obey ye my laws). Thou shalt not make thy beasts to engender with the beasts of another kind. Thou shalt not sow a field with diverse seed. Thou shalt not be clothed in a cloth (or a cloak) which is woven of two things.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:25Sword withoutforth, and dread within, shall waste them; a young man and a virgin together, a sucking child with an eld man.

2 Samuel 13:28And Absalom had made a feast as the feast of a king. And Absalom [had] commanded to his servants, and said, Espy ye, when Amnon is drunken of wine, and when I say to you, Smite ye, and slayeth him. Do not ye dread, for I am that command to you; be ye strengthened, and be ye strong men. (And Absalom made a feast like the feast of a king. And Absalom commanded to his servants, and said, Watch ye, so that when Amnon is drunk with wine, and I say to you, Strike ye him! that you kill him. Do not ye fear, for I am the one who command you to do this; be ye of good courage, and be ye strong men.)

Proverbs 20:22Say thou not, I shall yield evil for evil; abide thou the Lord, and he shall deliver thee. (Say thou not, I shall give back evil for evil; wait thou for the Lord, and he shall save thee or and he shall rescue thee.)

Matthew 19:16And lo! one came, and said to him, Good master, what good [thing] shall I do, that I have everlasting life? (And behold! one came, and said to him, Good Teacher, what good thing should I do, so that I can have, or so that I can get, eternal life?)

Matthew 22:39And the second is like to this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Luke 10:27He answered, and said, Thou shalt love thy Lord God of all thine heart [or Thou shalt love the Lord thy God of all thine heart], and of all thy soul, and of all thy strengths, and of all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. (He answered, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.)

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:12-19

11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord . 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the… Read the whole commentary →

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