Leviticus 20:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And keep my rules and do them: I am the Lord, who make you holy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 31:13 : 13 Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.
  • Lev 21:8 : 8 And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.
  • Ezek 37:28 : 28 And the nations will be certain that I who make Israel holy am the Lord, when my holy place is among them for ever.
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
  • 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.
  • Lev 18:4-5 : 4 But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God. 5 So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
  • Lev 19:37 : 37 You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 20:7
    87%

    7 So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 19:30
    85%

    30 Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • Ezek 20:18-20
    3 verses
    84%

    18 And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:

    19 I am the Lord your God; be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them:

    20 And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 22:31-33
    3 verses
    84%

    31 So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

    32 And do not make my holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I am the Lord who make you holy,

    33 Who took you out of the land of Egypt that I might be your God: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 26:2-3
    2 verses
    83%

    2 Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

    3 If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them,

  • Lev 19:37
    82%

    37 You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 18:2-5
    4 verses
    82%

    2 Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

    3 You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.

    4 But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.

    5 So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 22:9
    81%

    9 So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.

  • Lev 18:30
    81%

    30 So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 21:8
    81%

    8 And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.

  • Lev 20:26
    81%

    26 And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.

  • Lev 19:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    2 Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

    3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

    4 Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 31:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13 Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

    14 So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.

  • Exod 20:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

    8 Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

  • Ezek 20:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11 And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.

    12 And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.

  • Lev 11:44-45
    2 verses
    76%

    44 For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth.

    45 For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.

  • Lev 25:18
    76%

    18 So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.

  • Lev 22:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,

  • Num 15:40
    75%

    40 And that you may keep in mind all my orders and do them and be holy to your God.

  • Ezek 11:20
    74%

    20 So that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.

  • Deut 5:12
    74%

    12 Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.

  • Lev 22:16
    74%

    16 So causing sin to come on them when they take their holy things for food: I am the Lord who make them holy.

  • Lev 20:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22 So then, keep my rules and my decisions and do them, so that the land which I am giving you as your resting-place may not violently send you out again.

    23 And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.

  • Deut 6:17
    74%

    17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

  • 1 Pet 1:16
    74%

    16 Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.

  • Deut 7:11
    74%

    11 So keep the orders and the laws and the decisions which I give you today and do them.

  • Exod 30:29
    73%

    29 And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.

  • Deut 11:32
    73%

    32 And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.

  • Deut 28:9
    73%

    9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.

  • Ezek 20:7
    73%

    7 And I said to them, Let every man among you put away the disgusting things to which his eyes are turned, and do not make yourselves unclean with the images of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 10:10
    73%

    10 And make a division between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

  • Ezek 44:8
    73%

    8 And you have not taken care of my holy things; but you have put them as keepers to take care of my work in my holy place.

  • Ezek 37:28
    72%

    28 And the nations will be certain that I who make Israel holy am the Lord, when my holy place is among them for ever.

  • Lev 18:26
    72%

    26 So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you: