'Neighbor' in the Bible

Each woman is to ask her neighbor or any foreign woman in her house for articles of gold and for clothing, and use them to clothe your sons and daughters. You will plunder the Egyptians."

Tellthe people that each man is to ask his neighbor and each woman her neighbor for articles of silver and gold."

If a household is too small for a lamb, then it and its closest neighbor are to obtain one based on the number of individuals dividing the lamb based on what each person can eat.

When they have a dispute, it comes to me and I decide between a person and his neighbor, and make known the statutes of God and his instructions."

"You are not to give false testimony against your neighbor.

"You are not to desire your neighbor's house, nor your neighbor's wife, his male or female servant, his ox, his donkey, nor anything else that pertains to your neighbor."

If a man acts deliberately against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you are to take him to die even if he's at my altar.

"When a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and it's stolen from the neighbor's house, the thief, if found, is to repay double.

"In every ownership dispute involving an ox, donkey, sheep, garment, or anything that is lost where a person says, "This is mine,' the case between the two of them is to come before the judges, and the one that the judges declare guilty is to repay double to his neighbor.

"When a man gives a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to his neighbor for safe keeping, and it dies or is injured or is driven away when no one is looking,

the two of them are to take an oath in the LORD's presence that the accused has not taken his neighbor's property. Its owner is to accept this, and the neighbor is not to make restitution.

But if it was actually stolen from him, the neighbor is to make restitution to its owner.

If it was torn to pieces, let the neighbor bring the remains as evidence, and he is not to make restitution for what was torn apart.

"When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it's injured or dies while its owner was not with it, he is certainly to make restitution.

He told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, "Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and each of you kill his brother and friend and neighbor.'"

"A person sins against the LORD by acting treacherously toward his neighbor regarding something entrusted to his care, regarding security for a loan, robbery, if he has oppressed his neighbor,

"You are not to steal or lie or deal falsely with your neighbor.

"You are not to oppress your neighbor or rob him. "The wages of a hired laborer are not to remain in your possession until morning.

"You are not to be unjust in deciding a case. You are not to show partiality to the poor or honor the great. Instead, decide the case of your neighbor with righteousness."

"You are not to hate your relative in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor if you must, but you are not to incur guilt on account of him.

"You are not to seek vengeance or hold a grudge against the descendants of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD."

So if you had sold property to a neighbor or had acquired land from your neighbor, you are not to cheat one another.

According to the number of years after the jubilee, you may buy from your neighbor. And according to the number of years with crops, he may sell to you.

No one is to cheat his neighbor. Instead, you are to fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

where a person who accidentally killed someone could flee, if he killed his neighbor without having enmity toward him in the past. He may flee to one of these cities and live:

""You are not to give false testimony against your neighbor.

""You are not to desire your neighbor's wife nor crave your neighbor's house, his fields, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, nor anything that pertains to your neighbor.'"

"However, if a person hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, and attacks him so that he dies, and then he flees to one of those cities,

"When you loan something to your neighbor, don't enter his house to seize what he offered as collateral.

""Cursed is one who strikes his neighbor secretly.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

Now if the closely related avenger pursues him, then they are not to hand the killer over to him, because he killed his neighbor without premeditation and without hating him beforehand.

Samuel told him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today, and he has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

"This is what the LORD says: ""Listen very carefully! ""I'm raising up evil against you right out of your own household. ""I'm going to take your wives away from you right before your eyes. ""Then I'll give them to your neighbor. ""And then he's going to have sex with your wives in broad daylight!

"If a man should sin against his neighbor and he is required to take an oath, and he then comes to take an oath in front of your altar in this Temple,

"If a man sins against his neighbor and he is required to take an oath, and he then comes to take an oath in front of your altar in this Temple,

crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.

Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives.

The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation.

You caused my friend and neighbor to shun me; and my acquaintances are confused. An instruction. By Ethan, the Ezrahite

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back. I will pay you tomorrow," when you have cash with you.

Do not plan to harm your neighbor, when he is living peacefully beside you.

My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor, if you have agreed to a deal with a stranger,

then do this, my son, and deliver yourself, because you have come under your neighbor's control. Go, humble yourself! Plead passionately with your neighbor!

By what he says, the godless person can destroy his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but the discerning man controls his comments.

The righteous person is cautious with respect to his neighbor, but the lifestyle of the wicked leads them astray.

The poor person is shunned by his neighbor, but many are the friends of the wealthy.

Whoever despises his neighbor sins, but whoever shows kindness to the poor will be happy.

A man who lacks sense cosigns a loan, becoming a guarantor for his neighbor.

The soul of the wicked craves evil; he extends no mercy to his neighbor.

Don't testify against your neighbor without a cause, and don't lie when you speak.

don't be in a hurry to argue in court. Otherwise, what will you do later on when your neighbor humiliates you?

Instead, take up the matter with your neighbor, and don't betray another person's confidence.

A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.

that's what someone is like who lies to his neighbor and then says, "I was joking, wasn't I?"

Never abandon your friend nor your father's friend, and don't go to your brother's house in times of trouble. A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who lives far away.

A strong man who flatters his neighbor is setting a trap where he walks.

People will oppress one another It will be man against man and neighbor against neighbor. The young will be disrespectful to the old, and the worthless to the honorable.

From the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies the land has been scorched, and the people have become like fuel for the fire; no one will spare his neighbor.

I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and everyone will fight against his brother, everyone against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

Each helps his neighbor, saying to each other, "Be strong!'

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "I'm about to put stumbling blocks in front of this people, and fathers and sons will stumble over them together. The neighbor and his friends will perish."

but rather, truly change your ways and your deeds. If you truly practice justice between each person and his neighbor,

"How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage.

No longer will a person teach his neighbor or his relative: "Know the LORD.' Instead, they'll all know me, from the least to the greatest of them," declares the LORD. "Indeed, I'll forgive their iniquity, and I'll remember their sin no more."

They take bribes among you to shed blood. You've taken usury and exacted interest. You've gained control over your neighbor through extortion. And you've forgotten me," declares the Lord GOD.

"Woe to the one who supplies his neighbor with a drink! You are forcing your bottle on him, making him drunk so you can see them naked.

don't plot evil in your heart against a neighbor, and don't tolerate false testimonies, because I hate all these things,' declares the LORD."

Therefore I will no longer show compassion upon those who live in the land," declares the LORD. "Look! I will deliver every single person into the control of his neighbor and into the control of the king. Even though they assault the land, I will not deliver it from their control."

"You have heard that it was said, "You must love your neighbor' and hate your enemy.

Jesus said, ""You must not murder, you must not commit adultery, you must not steal, you must not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,' and, "you must love your neighbor as yourself.'"

The second is exactly like it: "You must love your neighbor as yourself.'

The second is this: "You must love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these."

To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices."

He answered, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And you must love your neighbor as yourself."

But the man wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

"Of these three men, who do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the bandits?"

"But the man who was harming his neighbor pushed Moses away and said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us?

For the commandments, "You must not commit adultery; you must not murder; you must not steal; you must not covet," and every other commandment are summed up in this statement: "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

Love never does anything that is harmful to its neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law.

Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building him up.

For the whole Law is summarized in a single statement: "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.

Never again will everyone teach his neighbor or his brother by saying, "Know the Lord,' because all of them will know me, from the least important to the most important.

Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal Law in keeping with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge the one who can save and destroy. So who are you to judge your neighbor?