All Religion’s Golden Rule.
Christianity
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
-John 13:34-35
“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” -Luke 6:31,
All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
-Matthew 7:1“…and don’t do what you hate…“,
-Gospel of Thomas 6
Confucianism
Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the family or in the state.
-Analects 12:2“Ze-Gong asked, ‘Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct for life?’ Confucius replied, ‘It is the word ‘xu’ — reciprocity. Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.”
- Doctrine of the Mean 13.3
“Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.”
- Mencius VII.A.4
Buddhism
Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
-Udana-Varga 5,1“…a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?”
-Samyutta NIkaya v. 353
Hinduism:
“One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself.”
-Mencius Vii.A.4
This is the sum of duty; do naught onto others what you would not have them do unto you.
-Mahabharata 5,1517
Islam
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.
-Sunnah
Jainism:
“…thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”, Leviticus 19:18
“What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. This is the law: all the rest is commentary.” Talmud, Shabbat 31a.
“And what you hate, do not do to any one.” Tobit 4:15
Judaism
What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.
-Talmud, Shabbat 3id“…thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”,
-Leviticus 19:18
“And what you hate, do not do to any one.”
-Tobit 4:15
Sikhism:
“Don’t create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone.” -Guru Arjan Devji 259
Taoist
Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.
-Tai Shang Kan Yin P’ien
Zoroastrian
That nature alone is good which refrains from doing another whatsoever is not good for itself.
-Dadisten-I-dinik, 94,5“Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others.“ -Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29
Bahá’í Faith:
“Choose thou for thy neighbour that which thou choosest for thyself.”
-Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
Native American:
“All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.” -Black Elk
Wicca:
“An it harm no one, do what thou wilt” (i.e. do what ever you will, as long as it harms nobody, including yourself). One’s will is to be carefully thought out in advance of action.
-Wiccan Rede
“The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love the members of society as themselves.” -Roman Pagan Religion:
Shinto:
“The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form“
Ancient Egyptian:
“Do for one who may do for you, that you may cause him thus to do.”
-The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, 109 – 110 Translated by R.B. Parkinson. The original dates to 1970 to 1640 BCE.
Yoruba People: ( Nigeria ):
“One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.”





