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James 2:8

If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

James 2:8 BSB
  1. a Leviticus 19:18

James 2:8 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 19 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Leviticus 19:18 (23 votes) and Galatians 5:14 (20 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Leviticus 19 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does James 2:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Leviticus 19:1823 votes

    Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  2. Galatians 5:1420 votes

    The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

  3. Matthew 22:3916 votes

    And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

  4. Romans 13:8–913 votes

    Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

  5. James 2:1212 votes

    Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.

  6. Mark 12:31–3311 votes

    The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” “Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him, …

  7. Leviticus 19:3410 votes

    You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  8. Galatians 6:210 votes

    Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  9. James 1:257 votes

    But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

  10. 1 Peter 2:97 votes

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

  11. 2 Kings 7:96 votes
  12. Jonah 4:46 votes
  13. Luke 10:27–376 votes
  14. 1 Kings 8:185 votes
  15. Jonah 4:95 votes
  16. Matthew 25:235 votes
  17. Philippians 4:145 votes
  18. 1 Thessalonians 4:95 votes
  19. James 2:194 votes

    You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

  20. Matthew 25:213 votes

Which verses point to James 2:8?

The 10 strongest of 27.