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Matthew 5:43

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

Matthew 5:43 BSB
  1. a Leviticus 19:18

Matthew 5:43 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Leviticus 19:18 (30 votes) and Psalm 139:21–22 (24 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Exodus 17 to 1 John 4.

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Which verses does Matthew 5:43 point to?

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

  1. Leviticus 19:1830 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. Psalm 139:21–2224 votes

    Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.

  3. Galatians 5:13–1418 votes

    For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

  4. Matthew 19:1915 votes

    honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

  5. Romans 13:8–1012 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.” …

  6. Deuteronomy 23:611 votes

    You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.

  7. Mark 12:31–349 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, …

  8. James 2:89 votes

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

  9. Matthew 22:39–407 votes

    And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

  10. Psalm 41:105 votes

    But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

  11. Luke 10:27–295 votes
  12. Exodus 17:14–163 votes
  13. Matthew 5:210 votes

    You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’

  14. Deuteronomy 25:17-1 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 5:43?

The 10 strongest of 15.