Bullying, cruelty, and how we treat each other
The commandment is not to feel warmly about everyone. It is to stop the cruelty that is within reach of your own hands.
In the scriptures
- Old TestamentLeviticus 19:18
“Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
- New TestamentMatthew 5:44
“Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you.”
- Book of MormonMosiah 18:21
“There should be no contention one with another, but that they should look forward with one eye, having one faith and one baptism.”
- Doctrine and CovenantsD&C 38:24–25
“Let every man esteem his brother as himself.”
Where the Church has written about it
- For the Strength of YouthLove God, Love Your Neighbor
- Topical GuideKindness
- General ConferenceTalks on kindness and inclusion
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