Quotes about Neighbors

Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

Neither the Church of Christ, nor a Christian Commonwealth, ought to tolerate such as prefer private gain to the public weal, or seek it to the hurt of their neighbors.

Daily there have to be many troubles and trials in every house, city, and country. No station in life is free of suffering and pain, both from your own, like your wife or children or household help or subjects, and from the outside, from your neighbors and all sorts of accidental trouble.

Thus it is impossible that he should take his ease in this life, and not work for the good of his neighbours, since he must needs speak, act, and converse among men, just as Christ was made in the likeness of men and found in fashion as a man, and had His conversation among men.

A Missional Community is a group of approximately 20 to 40 people who are seeking to reach a particular neighborhood or network of relationships with the good news of Jesus. The group functions as a flexible, local expression of the church and has the expressed intention of seeing those they are in relationship with become followers of Jesus with them. They exist to see God's Kingdom come to their friends and neighbors.

Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.

“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.

And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.