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The Golden Rule Matthew 7:12 Luke 6:31
The Golden Rule

7:12 'So always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that is the meaning of the Law and the Prophets. (Jerusalem Bible Mt 7:12)

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. (King James Mt 7:12)

Love Of Enemies

6:31 Treat others as you would like them to treat you. (JB Luke 6:31)

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. (KJ Luke 6:31)

Worship

19:18 You must not exact vengeance, nor must you bear a grudge against the children of your people. You must love your neighbour as yourself. I am Yahweh. (JB Lv 19:18)

19:34 You must count him as one of your own countrymen and love him as yourself - for you were once strangers yourselves in Egypt. I am Yahweh your God. (JB Lv 19:34)

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. (King James, Leviticus 19:18)

But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. (King James Leviticus 19:34)

The Golden Rule or ethic of reciprocity is a maxim, ethical code, or morality that essentially states either of the following:

1. One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself (positive form)
2. One should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated (negative/prohibitive form, also called the Silver Rule)

Ancient Greece

The Golden Rule in its prohibitive form was a common principle in ancient Greek philosophy. Examples of the general concept include:

• "Do not to your neighbor what you would take ill from him." – Pittacus (c. 640–568 BCE)
• "Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing." – Thales
• "What you do not want to happen to you, do not do it yourself either." – Sextus the Pythagorean. The oldest extant reference to Sextus is by Origin in the third century of the common era.
• "Do not do to others what would anger you if done to you by others." – Isocrates
• "What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others." – Epictetus
• "It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly (agreeing 'neither to harm nor be harmed'), and it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life." – Epicurus
• "One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him." – Plato's Socrates (Crito, 49c) (c. 469 BC–399 BCE)

Ancient China

The Golden Rule existed among all the major philosophical schools of Ancient China: Mohism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Examples of the concept include:

• "Zi Gong asked, saying, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master said, "Is not RECIPROCITY such a word?" – Confucius
• "Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself." (己所不欲，勿施于人）– Confucius, Analects XV.24
• "If people regarded other people's families in the same way that they regard their own, who then would incite their own family to attack that of another? For one would do for others as one would do for oneself." – Mozi
• "The sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people as his own. He is kind to the kind; he is also kind to the unkind: for Virtue is kind. He is faithful to the faithful; he is also faithful to the unfaithful: for Virtue is faithful." –Laozi
• "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." –Laozi

Buddhism

Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

One who, while himself seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other beings who also desire happiness, will not attain happiness hereafter. —Dhammapada 10. Violence

THE GOLDEN RULE

Christianity

Always treat others as you would like them to treat you. (Mt 7:12)

Judaism

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against your kinsfolk. Love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD. —Leviticus 19:18^[51], the "Great Commandment"

Confucianism

Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself. (己所不欲，勿施于人）—Confucius, Analects XV.24

Hinduism

One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one’s own self. This, in brief, is the rule of dharma. Other behavior is due to selfish desires. —Brihaspati, Mahabharata (Anusasana Parva, Section CXIII, Verse 8)

Islam

Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you. —Muhammad, The Farewell Sermon

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