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Matthew 7:12

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Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
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  1. Luke 6:31Rank 1 from verse 12
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    31And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

  2. Romans 13:8–10Rank 2 from verse 12
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    8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

    9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

    10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

  3. Galatians 5:13–14Rank 3 from verse 12
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    13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

    14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

  4. Leviticus 19:18Rank 4 from verse 12
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    18¶ Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

  5. Mark 12:29–34Rank 5 from verse 12
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    29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

    30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

    31And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

    32And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

    33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

    34And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

  6. Matthew 22:39–40Rank 6 from verse 12
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    39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

    40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

  7. Micah 6:8Rank 7 from verse 12
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    8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  8. Zechariah 8:16–17Rank 8 from verse 12
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    16¶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

    17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.

  9. 1 Timothy 1:5Rank 9 from verse 12
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    5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

  10. Amos 5:14–15Rank 10 from verse 12
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    14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

    15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

  11. Ezekiel 18:7–8Rank 11 from verse 12
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    7And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

    8He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

  12. Malachi 3:5Rank 12 from verse 12
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    5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

  13. Isaiah 1:17–18Rank 13 from verse 12
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    17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

    18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  14. Jeremiah 7:5–6Rank 14 from verse 12
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    5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

    6If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

  15. Zechariah 7:7–10Rank 15 from verse 12
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    7Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

    8¶ And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying,

    9Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

    10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

  16. James 2:10–13Rank 16 from verse 12
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    10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

    11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

    12So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

    13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  17. Ezekiel 18:21Rank 17 from verse 12
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    21But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

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Matthew 7:12

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whatsoever

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Whatever, anything that, or every thing of the kind or within the condition and scope stated.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

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7:7¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

7:8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

7:9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

7:10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

7:11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

7:12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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