Skip to content

Neighbor Quote by Bible

“Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” quote by Bible — Download Open image

“Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”

About This Quote

Source Bible: Leviticus 19:18, 6th century BCE

Treat others with the same love and respect you have for yourself.

In simple terms: Love others as yourself.

Key Takeaway

Practice empathy and respect.

Themes

ethics religion compassion relationships

Mood

thoughtful serene

Type

spiritual ethical

When to use this quote

daily interactions
conflict resolution
community service
parenting

Key Concepts

moral law golden rule human dignity

Questions to Reflect On

How does this principle guide your actions?
Can love be measured equally for all?

A Different Perspective

Cultural interpretations vary.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (3 ratings)

Love Thy Love Thy Neighbour Neighbor Neighbour Neighbour Thyself Thou Shalt Thy Neighbour

More by Bible

As we recognize Palm Sunday, how you would welcome the Lord Jesus Christ into your own life on a daily basis. -Matt. 21:1-11

Image

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. (Psalms 55:1)

Image

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Image

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live…

Image

A garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair

Image

I bring you the most joyful news ever announced, and it is for everyone! The Savior, yes the Messiah, the Lord has been born…

Image

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is…

Image

Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

Image

Our love must not be a thing of words and fine talk. It must be a thing of action and sincerity (1 John 3:18).

Image

And the lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make thy bones: and thou shalt be like a spring…

Image

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall…

Image

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon…

Image

Explore all 1,153 Bible quotes

More Neighbor quotes

It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought…

Image

Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or…

Sheila Kamerman

Image

People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor.

Image

No lusting after your neighbor's house - or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don't set your heart on anything that…

Image

Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.

Thomas a Kempis

Image

A faithfully kept program of savings and conservative investments can give you more money and a better life than that of your neighbors who…

Jane Bryant Quinn

Image

All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor.

Harry S. Truman

Image

As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet…

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

Love your Neighbour; yet don't pull down your Hedge.

Benjamin Franklin

Image

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house unless they have a well-stocked bar.

Image

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and…

Henry David Thoreau

Image

In the nature of things, those who have no property and see their neighbors possess much more than they think them to need, cannot…

Image

Browse all 1,922 Neighbor quotes