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)

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

Lev. 6:2
If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

Lev. 18:20
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

Lev. 19:13
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Lev. 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Lev. 19:16
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

Lev. 19:17
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

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.

Lev. 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Lev. 24:19
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

Lev. 25:14
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

Lev. 25:15
According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: