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Scripture, Affirmations, and other thoughts revolving around universal love, for all beings, regardless of the forms we inhabit.
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Scripture, Affirmations, and other thoughts revolving around universal love, for all beings, regardless of the forms we inhabit.

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# universal-love

Scripture, Affirmations, and other thoughts revolving around universal love, for all beings, regardless of the forms we inhabit.

## Love your Neighbor - Bible Verses 

Scriptures related to universal love and compassion for all.

## Bible

**Old Testament** 

### Leviticus 

- **19:18**

  > You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

- **19:34**

  > The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

### Deuteronomy 

- **10:19**

  > So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

### Proverbs

- **10:12**

  > Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.

- **17:17** 

  > A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

**New Testament**

### Matthew 

- **5:43-44**

  > “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor  and hate your enemy.’

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  > But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

- **19:19**

  > Honor your father and mother; and You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

- **22:37-39 ESV**

  > And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 

- **25:40 ESV**

  > And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ 

### Mark 

- **12:30–31**

  > ‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.

- **12:33 ESV**

  > And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

### Luke 

- **6:27**

  > But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you

- **10:27 ESV**

  > And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 

- **10:29-37**

  > But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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  > Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’ Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?” And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”

### John 

- **13:34-35**

  > A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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  > All men shall know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another

- **15:12-13**

  > This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

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  > Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

- **15:17**

  > This I command you, that you love one another.

### Acts 

- **17:26-27**

  > God has made from one ancestor every nation of humankind to live over the face of the whole earth. He set the times and limits of their habitation. He decided that they should seek the Lord, and have the chance to feel for him and find him. Indeed, he is close to each of us for in him we live and move and exist

### Romans 

- **12:9-11 ISV**

  > Your love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to each other with mutual affection. Excel at showing respect for each other. Never be lazy in showing such devotion. Be on fire with the Spirit. Serve the Lord.

- **12:15-16**

  > Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

- **13:8-10 ESV**

  > Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For 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.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

### 1 Corinthians 

- **10:24**

  > Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor.

- **12:26**

  > And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

- **13:2-7**

  > If I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 

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  > If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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  > Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 

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  > Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

- **13:13**

  > And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

- **16:14**

  > Let all your things be done with charity.

### Galatians

- **5:13 ESV**

  > For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 

- **5:14 ESV**

  > For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 

- **5:22-23 ESV**

  > But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 

- **5:26**

  > Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.

### Ephesians 

- **4:1–2**

  > I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.

- **5:1-2 NIV**

  > Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

### Colossians 

- **3:12–14**

  > Put on then, [...] holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

### 1 Thessalonians 

- **3:12 ESV**

  > And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you

- **4:9, ESV** 

  > Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another

### Hebrews

- **10:24**

  > and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds  

- **13:1-3, ESV** 

  > Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. 

### James

- **2:8 ESV**

  > If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 

### 1 Peter 

- **1:22, NLT** 

  > You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.

- **2:17**

  > Treat everyone with high regard [...]

- **3:8, NLT** 

  > Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.

- **4:8**

  > Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

### 2 Peter 

- **1:7, NIV**

  > and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.

### 1 John

- **2:9-11**

  > The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

- **3:11**

  > For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

- **3:14 ESV**

  > We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

- **3:18** 

  > My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

- **4:7-8**

  > Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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  > Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 

- **4:11-12** 

  > Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 

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  > No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 

- **4:16**

  > So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

- **4:18-21**

  > There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

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  > We love because he first loved us.

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  > If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

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  > And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. 

### 2 John 

- **1:5**

  > Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.