Leviticus 19:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ You shall not take revenge or bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. [Matt. 5:43-46; Rom. 12:17, 19.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ You must not take revenge nor hold a grudge against any of your people; instead, you must love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Do not seek revenge, neither should you be mindful of the injury of your fellow citizens. You shall love your friend as yourself. I am the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of the injury of thy citizens. Thou shalt love thy friend as thyself. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:18 Cross References

Genesis 4:23

Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

2 Samuel 13:22

But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Watch when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not myself commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”

Psalm 103:9

He will not always accuse, nor will he keep his anger forever.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will help you.

Leviticus 19:34

The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the native-born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 19:16

Then someone came to him and said, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”

Matthew 19:19

Honor your father and mother. Also, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

John 13:34

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

Acts 16:28

But Paul shouted in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”

Romans 12:17

Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.

Romans 12:19

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Romans 13:4

for it is God’s agent for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for the authority does not bear the sword in vain! It is the agent of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer.

Romans 13:9

The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not murder; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 5:14

For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions,

Ephesians 4:31

Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.

Deuteronomy 32:25

In the street the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers terror for young man and woman alike, nursing child and old gray head.

Deuteronomy 32:35

for the day of vengeance and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip? Because the day of their calamity is at hand; their doom comes swiftly.

Colossians 3:8

But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth.

Hebrews 10:30

For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

James 2:8

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.

1 John 4:21

The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.