NEIGHBOR

HEBREW: amith=equal, fellow

                        qarob=near one

shaken=dweller, inhabitant

                        rea=friend, companion

GREEK:    geiton=fellow countryman

                        periokos=one dwelling around about

                        plesion=the one near or close to

OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES

1.   Leviticus 19:15 “In righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor(amith).”

2.   Psalms 15:1-3 “Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?  Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.  He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor(qarob), nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor(shaken).”

3.   Exodus 20:16-17 “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor(rea).  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s(rea) house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s(rea) wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, no anything that thy neighbor’s(rea).”

4.   Proverbs 27:10 “For better is a neighbor(shaken) that is near than a brother far off.”

NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES

1.   Luke 14:12 “Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; let they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.  But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.”

2.   Luke 15:6 “And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends(philos) and neighbors(geiton), saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.”

3.   Luke 15:9 “And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends(philos) and her neighbors(geiton) together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.”

4.   John 9:8 “The neighbors(geiton) therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?”

5.   Luke 1:58 “And her(Elisabeth’s) neighbors(periokos) and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.”

6.   Matthew 5:43-44 “Ye had heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor(plesion), and hate thine enemy.  But I say unto you, Love you enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;”

7.   Matthew 19:19 “Jesus: Thou shalt love thy neighbor (plesion) as thyself.”

8.   Matthew 22:39(Mark 12:31-31 & Luke10:27) “And the second commandment is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor(plesion) as thyself.”

9.   Luke 10:29-37 “And who is my neighbor(plesion)?  Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor(plesion) unto him that fell among the thieves?  And he said, He that shewed mercy on him, Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.”

10. Romans 13:9-10 “Thou shalt love thy neighbor(plesion) as thyself.  Love worketh not ill to his neighbor(plesion): therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”

11. Romans 15:1-2 “We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.  Let every one of us please his neighbor(plesion) for his good to edification.”

12. Galatians 5:14 “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor(plesion)as thyself.”

13. Ephesians 4:15 “Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor(plesion): for we are members of another.”

14. Hebrews 8:10-11 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall teach every man his neighbor (plesion), and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.”

15. James 2:8-9 “If ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor(plesion) as thyself, ye do well: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.”