Neighbor (2/3)

How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods… 1 John 3:17

How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? 1 John 3:17	But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? money compassion love
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. Zechariah 7:9-10	Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart. evil righteousness gentleness

And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:39	And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. law love
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7	Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. love friendship rebirth
For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. Ecclesiastes 4:10	For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! relationships friendship
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. 1 John 3:16	By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. love Jesus
Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. Romans 15:7	Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. Jesus worship
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 6:36	Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. goodness Father
If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Romans 12:18	If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. peace life
Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than kindred who are far away. Proverbs 27:10	Do not forsake your friend and 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 who is far away. friendship family
For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. 2 Peter 1:5-7	For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. faith goodness self-control
Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Isaiah 58:6	Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? fasting slavery
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:12	No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. love God
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.” Matthew 18:21-22	Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.” forgiveness sin mercy
Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; do not forget the oppressed. Psalm 10:12	Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted. prayer poverty
You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Exodus 20:17	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 is your neighbor's. greed materialism law
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. Hebrews 3:12	Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. anger evil heart
Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. Psalm 82:3	Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. orphans righteousness weakness
In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.” Luke 3:11	And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” materialism giving poverty
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. John 13:14	If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. humility serving Jesus
Honor widows who are really widows. 1 Timothy 5:3	Honor widows who are truly widows. community widows
It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave. Matthew 20:26-27	It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave. humility serving slavery
There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. So who, then, are you to judge your neighbor? James 4:12	There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? law judgment salvation
Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person's envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind. Ecclesiastes 4:4	Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. work desires materialism
While Peter was kept in prison, the church prayed fervently to God for him. Acts 12:5	So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. prayer dependence community

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 oneself,’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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 oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.