Love Your Neighbor

Harvest laws leave the edges and leftovers of field and vineyard for the poor and the foreigner. The land's yield is not to be gathered without regard for the vulnerable.

W⁹hen you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. ¹⁰You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

Israel must not steal, lie, swear falsely, defraud, exploit weakness, distort justice, or spread slander. Speech, business, and judgment are all placed under the fear of God.

¹¹You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another. ¹²You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. ¹³You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. ¹⁴You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD. ¹⁵You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly. ¹⁶You must not go about spreading slander among your people.

Hatred is not to be hidden in the heart; wrong must be addressed plainly. Revenge and grudges give way to love for one's neighbor as oneself.

¹⁷You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him. ¹⁸Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.