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Mat 7:12 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

all		Luk 6:31
for		Mat 22:39,40; Lev 19:18; Isa 1:17,18; Jer 7:5,6; Eze 18:7,8,21; Amo 5:14,15; Mic 6:8; Zec 7:7-10; Zec 8:16,17; Mal 3:5; Mar 12:29-34; Rom 13:8-10; Gal 5:13,14; 1Ti 1:5; Jam 2:10-13

Correlating Passages

all

Luk 6:31

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

for

	Mat 22:39	And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
	Mat 22:40	On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
	Lev 19:18	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.
	Isa 1:17	Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
	Isa 1:18	Come 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.
	Jer 7:5	For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
	Jer 7:6	[If] 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:
	Eze 18:7	And 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;
	Eze 18:8	He [that] hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
	Eze 18:21	But 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.
	Amo 5:14	Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
	Amo 5:15	Hate 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.
	Mic 6:8	He 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?
	Zec 7:7	[Should 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?
	Zec 7:8	And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
	Zec 7:9	Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
	Zec 7:10	And 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.
	Zec 8:16	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:
	Zec 8:17	And 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.
	Mal 3:5	And 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.
	Mar 12:29	And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
	Mar 12:30	And 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.
	Mar 12:31	And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
	Mar 12:32	And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
	Mar 12:33	And 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.
	Mar 12:34	And 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].
	Rom 13:8	Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
	Rom 13:9	For 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.
	Rom 13:10	Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.
	Gal 5:13	For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
	Gal 5:14	For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
	1Ti 1:5	Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and [of] a good conscience, and [of] faith unfeigned:
	Jam 2:10	For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all.
	Jam 2:11	For 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.
	Jam 2:12	So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
	Jam 2:13	For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 7:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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