Bible Verses About Neighbors
When asked which commandment was greatest, Jesus gave two — and said the second was like the first: love your neighbor as yourself. These verses explore what that looks like when it moves from principle to practice — and who, exactly, counts as a neighbor.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Jesus places this alongside love of God — inseparable, equal in weight.
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
The Good Samaritan story ends not with a definition but a command: go and do. And the neighbor in the story was a foreigner.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
The whole law. Summarized in one sentence. That's how central this is.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
A simple test: does this action harm my neighbor? If not, love may be at work.
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
James calls this the royal law — the law that sits above all others.
Verses like these are woven through the Daily Blessing journey in The Official Bible Solitaire® — quiet reminders of what faith looks like in practice.
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