Matthew 7:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.”
'So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them' — the Golden Rule — sums up a whole way of life with one rule: take what you wish for and use it as your guide for how to treat everyone else.
Read the full meaning“In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 7:12 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
- Jeremiah 7:5For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
- Ezekiel 18:7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
- Ezekiel 18:21But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Amos 5:14Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
- Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Zechariah 7:7Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
- Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Mark 12:29Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
- Luke 6:31Do to others as you would have them do to you.
- Romans 13:8Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
- Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
- James 2:10Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).