Thematic Bible
Leviticus 19:1 (show verse)
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Leviticus 19:2 (show verse)
“Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
Leviticus 19:3 (show verse)
Each of you shall respect his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:4 (show verse)
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods (images cast in metal); I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:5 (show verse)
‘Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
Leviticus 19:6 (show verse)
It shall be eaten the same day you offer it and on the day following; and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire.
Leviticus 19:7 (show verse)
But if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is repulsive; it will not be accepted [by God as an offering].
Leviticus 19:8 (show verse)
Everyone who eats it will bear [the responsibility for] his wickedness, for he has profaned a holy thing of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].
Leviticus 19:9 (show verse)
‘Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings (grain left after reaping) of your harvest.
Agriculture » Operations in » Reaping, laws concerning
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Gleaning
Gleaning » Laws concerning
Greed/gluttony » Not gleaning
Harvest » Legal provision for the poor during
The poor » Should » Provided for under the law
Reaping » Reaping, laws concerning
Reaping » The jews not to reap » The corners of their fields
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Gleaning
Gleaning » Laws concerning
Greed/gluttony » Not gleaning
Harvest » Legal provision for the poor during
The poor » Should » Provided for under the law
Reaping » Reaping, laws concerning
Reaping » The jews not to reap » The corners of their fields
Leviticus 19:10 (show verse)
And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather its fallen grapes; you shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.
Agriculture » Operations in » Gleaning
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Grapes
Gleaning » Laws concerning
Greed/gluttony » Not gleaning
The poor » Should » Provided for under the law
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To have the gleaning of the harvest
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The gleaning of, to be left for the poor
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Grapes
Gleaning » Laws concerning
Greed/gluttony » Not gleaning
The poor » Should » Provided for under the law
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To have the gleaning of the harvest
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The gleaning of, to be left for the poor
Leviticus 19:11 (show verse)
‘You shall not steal, nor deal deceptively, nor lie to one another.
Leviticus 19:12 (show verse)
You shall not swear [an oath] falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:13 (show verse)
‘You shall not oppress or exploit your neighbor, nor rob him. You shall not withhold the wages of a hired man overnight until morning.
Business life » Dishonesty » Fraud
Business life » Employers » Duties of » Prompt payment of wages
Business life » Employers » Delaying payment
Defrauding » Not defrauding others
Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to keep back their wages
Master's duty » Prompt payment of wages
Night » The jews » Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during
Robbery » Forbidden
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servants » Hired » To be paid without delay at the expiration of their service
Social duties » Masters' duties » Prompt payment of wages
Theft » Includes fraud concerning wages
Theft » Includes fraud in general
Vices » Dishonesty » Fraud
Wages » Sins of employers respecting payment of wages » Delaying payment
Business life » Employers » Duties of » Prompt payment of wages
Business life » Employers » Delaying payment
Defrauding » Not defrauding others
Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to keep back their wages
Master's duty » Prompt payment of wages
Night » The jews » Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during
Robbery » Forbidden
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servants » Hired » To be paid without delay at the expiration of their service
Social duties » Masters' duties » Prompt payment of wages
Theft » Includes fraud concerning wages
Theft » Includes fraud in general
Vices » Dishonesty » Fraud
Wages » Sins of employers respecting payment of wages » Delaying payment
Leviticus 19:14 (show verse)
You shall not curse a deaf man nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:15 (show verse)
‘You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor show a preference for the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Laws for judges
Courts of justice » Judges of » To judge righteously
Injustice » Forbidden
Judgment » How not to judge
Judgment » How to judge
Partiality » Forbidden
Righteousness » Judgment should be executed in
Social duties » Of impartiality » Partiality forbidden
Courts of justice » Judges of » To judge righteously
Injustice » Forbidden
Judgment » How not to judge
Judgment » How to judge
Partiality » Forbidden
Righteousness » Judgment should be executed in
Social duties » Of impartiality » Partiality forbidden
Leviticus 19:16 (show verse)
You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:17 (show verse)
‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you may most certainly rebuke your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.
Leviticus 19:18 (show verse)
You shall not take revenge nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor (acquaintance, associate, companion) as yourself; I am the Lord.
Duty » To brethren » To neighbours
Duty » Of man to man
Grudge » Not holding a grudge against others
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » To love their neighbor
Retaliation » Forbidden
Revenge » Forbidden
Revenge » Forbidden by our lord
Revenge » Instead of taking, we should » Exhibit love
Selfishness » Contrary to the law of God
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
Vengeance » Not avenging
Duty » Of man to man
Grudge » Not holding a grudge against others
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » To love their neighbor
Retaliation » Forbidden
Revenge » Forbidden
Revenge » Forbidden by our lord
Revenge » Instead of taking, we should » Exhibit love
Selfishness » Contrary to the law of God
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
Vengeance » Not avenging
Leviticus 19:19 (show verse)
‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear clothing of two kinds of material mixed together.
Animals » Laws concerning
Hybridizing » Forbidden
Linen » Mosaic law forbade its being interwoven with wool
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Mules » The jews » Forbidden to breed
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Different kinds of, not to be sown in the same field
Seed » Not to be mingled in sowing
Wool » Mixing of, with other fabrics forbidden
Hybridizing » Forbidden
Linen » Mosaic law forbade its being interwoven with wool
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Mules » The jews » Forbidden to breed
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Different kinds of, not to be sown in the same field
Seed » Not to be mingled in sowing
Wool » Mixing of, with other fabrics forbidden
Leviticus 19:20 (show verse)
‘Now if a man has intimate relations with a woman who is a slave acquired for [marriage to] another man, but who has not been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment [after an investigation]; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free;
Concubinage » Laws concerning
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging
Scourging » Prescribed in the mosaic law for committing the sin of fornication
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Sexual activities » Those that have sex with someone who is betrothed
Trespass offering » Special occasions of offering » For connection with a betrothed bondmaid
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging
Scourging » Prescribed in the mosaic law for committing the sin of fornication
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Sexual activities » Those that have sex with someone who is betrothed
Trespass offering » Special occasions of offering » For connection with a betrothed bondmaid
Leviticus 19:21 (show verse)
but he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting, a ram as a guilt offering.
Leviticus 19:22 (show verse)
The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he has committed; and he shall be forgiven for his sin.
Leviticus 19:23 (show verse)
‘When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall consider their fruit forbidden. For three years the fruit shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus 19:24 (show verse)
In the fourth year all the fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord.
Leviticus 19:25 (show verse)
In the fifth year you may eat the fruit [of the trees], this is so that their yield may increase for you; I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:26 (show verse)
‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination [using omens or witchcraft] or soothsaying.
Leviticus 19:27 (show verse)
You shall not trim and round off the side-growth of [the hair on] your heads, nor mar the edges of your beard.
Leviticus 19:28 (show verse)
You shall not make any cuts on your body [in mourning] for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:29 (show verse)
‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land will not fall to prostitution and become full of wickedness.
Leviticus 19:30 (show verse)
You shall keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:31 (show verse)
‘Do not turn to mediums [who pretend to consult the dead] or to spiritists [who have spirits of divination]; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:32 (show verse)
‘You shall rise before the gray-headed and honor the aged, and you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; I am the Lord.
Children » Should » Honor the aged
Children » Were required » To respect the aged
Hairs » To be reverenced
Head » When hoary with age to be respected
Honour » Due the aged
Manners » In presence of » The aged
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » To be honoured
Respect » Due to the aged
Respect » To the aged
Reverence » For the aged
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Reverence for aged, general references to
Children » Were required » To respect the aged
Hairs » To be reverenced
Head » When hoary with age to be respected
Honour » Due the aged
Manners » In presence of » The aged
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » To be honoured
Respect » Due to the aged
Respect » To the aged
Reverence » For the aged
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Reverence for aged, general references to
Leviticus 19:33 (show verse)
‘When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress or mistreat him.
Leviticus 19:34 (show verse)
But the stranger who resides with you shall be to you like someone native-born among you; and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:35 (show verse)
‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight or quantity.
Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Honesty » In business encouraged
Injustice » Forbidden
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » Strict justice and impartiality
Measure » Must be just
Measures » The jews not to be unjust in
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
Honesty » In business encouraged
Injustice » Forbidden
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » Strict justice and impartiality
Measure » Must be just
Measures » The jews not to be unjust in
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
Leviticus 19:36 (show verse)
You shall have just and accurate balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Balances » Must be just
Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Commerce » Of the jews » Under strict laws
Commerce » Laws concerning
Honesty » In business encouraged
Justice » To be done » In buying and selling
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » Strict justice and impartiality
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
Measure » Must be just
Measure » A hin
Measures » Just weights
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
Stones » Used » For weighing (margin)
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Commerce » Of the jews » Under strict laws
Commerce » Laws concerning
Honesty » In business encouraged
Justice » To be done » In buying and selling
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » Strict justice and impartiality
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
Measure » Must be just
Measure » A hin
Measures » Just weights
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
Stones » Used » For weighing (margin)
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
Leviticus 19:37 (show verse)
You shall observe and keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them. I am the Lord.’”