Leviticus 19:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, &c.— See Luke 17:3 which plainly shews the meaning and connexion of this precept: Thou shalt not hate,—but shalt on every account rebuke; and in this connexion the marginal translation of our English Bibles appears most just: for he is, in some measure, the author, says Houbigant, who is not the dissuader of a fault. How much have they mistaken the nature of the Jewish law, who suppose that it referred only to external acts of injustice, without striking at all at the evil affections of the heart! See the following verse, and compare it with the Gospel precepts concerning forgiveness and love. Too many of the Jews, indeed, confined the word neighbour to those of their own country; Christ has given it a nobler interpretation. See Luke 10:29; Luke 10:42.