'Neighbor' in the Bible

But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians.”

Speak now in the hearing of the people that each man ask from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold.”

Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb.

When they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and make known the statutes of God and His laws.”

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

If, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him craftily, you are to take him even from My altar, that he may die.

“If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is caught, he shall pay double.

For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any lost thing about which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before the judges; he whom the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

“If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep for him, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away while no one is looking,

“If a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not with it, he shall make full restitution.

He said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Every man of you put his sword upon his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor.’”

‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.

‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the Lord.

‘You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him:

that a manslayer might flee there, who unintentionally slew his neighbor without having enmity toward him in time past; and by fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

This is the manner of remission: every creditor shall release what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’s remission has been proclaimed.

“But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,

But you shall do nothing to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, so is this case.

“When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.

‘Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand.

The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

The Lord has done accordingly as He spoke through me; for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.

“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,

“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,

“O that a man might plead with GodAs a man with his neighbor!

He does not slander with his tongue,Nor does evil to his neighbor,Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,And tomorrow I will give it,”When you have it with you.

Do not devise harm against your neighbor,While he lives securely beside you.

My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,Have given a pledge for a stranger,

Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

He who despises his neighbor lacks sense,But a man of understanding keeps silent.

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor,But the way of the wicked leads them astray.

The poor is hated even by his neighbor,But those who love the rich are many.

He who despises his neighbor sins,But happy is he who is gracious to the poor.

A man of violence entices his neighborAnd leads him in a way that is not good.

A man lacking in sense pledgesAnd becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

The soul of the wicked desires evil;His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,And do not deceive with your lips.

Do not go out hastily to argue your case;Otherwise, what will you do in the end,When your neighbor humiliates you?

Argue your case with your neighbor,And do not reveal the secret of another,

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrowIs a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

So is the man who deceives his neighbor,And says, “Was I not joking?”

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

A man who flatters his neighborIs spreading a net for his steps.

I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

And the people will be oppressed,Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;The youth will storm against the elderAnd the inferior against the honorable.

“So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;And they will each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor,City against city and kingdom against kingdom.

Each one helps his neighborAnd says to his brother, “Be strong!”

Therefore, thus says the Lord,“Behold, I am laying stumbling blocks before this people.And they will stumble against them,Fathers and sons together;Neighbor and friend will perish.”

For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,

“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,And do not trust any brother;Because every brother deals craftily,And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

“Everyone deceives his neighborAnd does not speak the truth,They have taught their tongue to speak lies;They weary themselves committing iniquity.

“Their tongue is a deadly arrow;It speaks deceit;With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor,But inwardly he sets an ambush for him.

Now hear the word of the Lord, O you women,And let your ear receive the word of His mouth;Teach your daughters wailing,And everyone her neighbor a dirge.

Thus will each of you say to his neighbor and to his brother, ‘What has the Lord answered?’ or, ‘What has the Lord spoken?’

They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

Although recently you had turned and done what is right in My sight, each man proclaiming release to his neighbor, and you had made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name.

“Therefore thus says the Lord, ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming release each man to his brother and each man to his neighbor. Behold, I am proclaiming a release to you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to the sword, to the pestilence and to the famine; and I will make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Do not trust in a neighbor;Do not have confidence in a friend.From her who lies in your bosomGuard your lips.

‘In that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig tree.’”

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

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

The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

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 himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

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.”

But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?”

But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.

Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

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

For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

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

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?