Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'neighbour' occurs 135 times in the standard works.

51 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'neighbour' in the standard works and contain 37.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 22:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 20:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 19:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 25:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)


Jer. 9:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

 9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

 9:5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.




Ex. 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 3:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 25:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 25:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 119 17 136
Ex. 17 0 17
Lev. 13 0 13
Deut. 19 0 19
Josh. 1 1 2
Ruth 1 1 2
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 4 7 11
Prov. 20 0 20
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 18 3 21
Ezek. 5 4 9
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 7 0 7
NT 16 5 21
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 135 22 157

Jer. 5:8
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.

Jer. 6:21
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

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. 9:4
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

Jer. 9:5
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Jer. 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Jer. 9:20
Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

Jer. 12:14
Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

Jer. 22:8
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city?

Jer. 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Jer. 23:27
Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

Jer. 23:30
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

Jer. 23:35
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken?

Jer. 29:23
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord.

Jer. 31:34
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Jer. 34:15
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

Jer. 34:17
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Jer. 49:10
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.

Jer. 49:18
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

Jer. 50:40
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.