James 2:8

Free Bible Version

If you really observe the royal law of Scripture: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” then you do well.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:18

But the Lord told my father David, ‘You had the desire to build a Temple to honor me, and it was good that you really wanted to do this.

2 Kings 7:9

Then they said to each other, “It's not right what we're doing. This is a day of good news, and if we keep quiet about it and wait until it gets light, we're sure to be punished. So let's go right away and let them know at the king's palace.”

Leviticus 19:18

Don't look for revenge or hold a grudge against anybody, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:34

Treat them in the same way as a fellow citizen, and love them as you love yourself, because you were once foreigners living in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Jonah 4:4

The Lord responded, “Do you have a good reason to be so angry?”

Jonah 4:9

But the Lord asked Jonah, “Do you have a good reason to be so angry about the plant?” “Yes I do!” Jonah replied. “I'm angry enough to die!”

Matthew 22:39

The second is just like it, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 25:21

His master said to him, ‘You've done well—you are a good, faithful servant. You have proved yourself trustworthy over small things, so now I'm placing you in charge over many things. Be happy because I'm really pleased with you!’

Matthew 25:23

His master said to him, ‘You've done well—you are a good, faithful servant. You have proved trustworthy over small things, so now I'm placing you in charge over many things. Be happy because I'm really pleased with you!’

Matthew 7:12

Treat others the way you want them to treat you. This sums up the law and the prophets.

Romans 13:10

Love doesn't do wrong to anyone, so love fulfils the law.

Galatians 5:14

For the whole law is summed up in this one command, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 6:2

Carry each other's burdens, for in this way you fulfill the law of Christ.

Philippians 4:14

Even so it was good of you to share with me during my troubles.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

We certainly don't need to write and tell you to love fellow-believers, because God teaches you to love one another—

James 1:25

But if you look to the perfect law of freedom and follow it, not as someone who just listens and then forgets, but as someone who acts on it—then you will be blessed in what you do.

James 2:12

You should speak and act as people who will be judged by the law of freedom.

James 2:19

You believe that God is one God? That's great—but demons believe in God too, and they're scared of him!

James 4:11

Friends, don't speak badly of one another. Anyone who criticizes a fellow-believer and condemns them, criticizes and condemns the law. If you condemn the law you're not someone who keeps the law, because you're sitting in judgment of it.

1 Peter 2:9

In complete contrast, you are a specially-chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God. Consequently you can reveal the wonderful things he's done, calling you out of darkness into his marvelous light.