To Love Thy Neighbor
To love thy neighbor
as thyself, demands self-love...
Is that not selfish ~
If I am not for myself
who will be for me?
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The first 8 syllables are from
Leviticus 19:18. The last two
lines are from 'Ethics of the
Fathers,' 4:14.
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Categories:
love thy neighbor, humanity, love, self,
Form: Tanka
Love Thy Neighbor
Love thy Neighbor
By Lisa Noe*Cat*
The violence is everywhere
It’s tearing me apart
In the churches, in the schools
No one follows the golden rule
Snipers randomly shooting down
Innocent citizens hitting ground
Black hates white, white hates black
Jews, Muslims, Christians they all lack
Love and compassion to join as one force
Fight our demons and set a new course
Bring together a world with
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Categories:
love thy neighbor, america, bible, christian, community,
Form: Rhyme
Love Thy Neighbor
Love thy neighbor
What a world we now live in
Intolerance is rife
Blinkered views across the news
Affecting daily life
Opinions offend so many now
Discriminating tales
Wise words are never heard
Common sense has failed
Selfishness does dictate
Grab whatever you can
Right and wrong has long since gone
No brotherhood of man
Live and let live is no more
Little to rejoice
But bigotry is not
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Categories:
love thy neighbor, community, forgiveness, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Love Thy Neighbor
Love Thy Neighbor
By: Tom Wright
7/27/2006
We only possess what we’re able to share
A truth that vitality allows us to see,
Were told of this being a necessary affair
Emanating from God’s second love decree. *
* Matthew 22:39
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Categories:
love thy neighbor, god, inspirational, love,
Form: Lyric
Love Thy Neighbor
Turn off the news,
the TV,
your cell phone,
the internet,
feeds,
Twitter,
Instagram,
Snap Chat,
the radio,
Facebook,
gossip,
and just love thy neighbor.
Look at a man's heart,
not his skin,
not where he lives,
nor how he votes,
or his wealth,
don't mind his business,
forget politics,
put your guard down,
and just love they neighbor.
We don't have to be right,
we don't have to be wrong,
to love thy neighbor.
We don't have to
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Categories:
love thy neighbor, love,
Form: Free verse
Love Thy Neighbor
As often as they would talk she never did mention it
And so is with a shared walked they talked quit a bit
Neighbors now for six years they got along quiet well
She shed a whole lot of tears for that mans living hell
For often he had drank I guess it was nearly every day
The further down
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Categories:
love thy neighbor, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Love Thy Neighbor
Scripture asks us to love our neighbor.
But some think love comes without labor.
It's something we speak,
Not something we seek.
A fine cup of wine with no flavor.
Declarations of love make me laugh.
Without knowledge such words are just chaff.
You say I love you,
But that isn't true,
'Til you've traveled that ship, fore and aft.
A neighbor is a gem
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Categories:
love thy neighbor, faith, religion, religious, spiritual,
Form: Limerick