You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
The Book of Leviticus
Love Your Neighbor
Topic: Virtue, Morality, & Ethics
“You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.”
Judaism and Christianity
The Book of Leviticus
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 114 [Leviticus 19.18].
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Leviticus 19.18
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19.18: Quoted by Jesus in Matthew 22.36-40.
–Andrew Wilson, editor [World Scripture – a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts] p. 114.
The Golden Rule Chronology
c. 1450 BC to 450 BC The Jewish Bible has golden-rule like passages, including: “Don’t oppress a foreigner, for you well know how it feels to be a foreigner, since you were foreigners yourselves in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 23:9) and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18).
–Rev, Dr. Harry Gensler S.J., [The Golden Rule Chronology].