Leviticus 19:14

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You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 27:18 : 18 ‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
  • Lev 25:17 : 17 No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.
  • 1 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do. 9 But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak. 10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols? 11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed. 12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
  • Gen 42:18 : 18 On the third day Joseph said to them,“Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.
  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 19:15-18
    4 verses
    81%

    15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

    16You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

    17You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

    18You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 25:17
    77%

    17No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 19:30-33
    4 verses
    76%

    30Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

    31Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God.

    32You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

    33When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

  • Deut 16:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

    20You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Lev 19:10-13
    4 verses
    75%

    10You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

    11Dealing Honestly“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

    12You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

    13You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

  • Exod 22:28
    74%

    28“You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

  • Lev 19:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

    4Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 27:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    19‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Deut 19:14
    74%

    14Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Isa 42:18
    74%

    18The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!

  • Prov 30:10
    73%

    10Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

  • Lev 24:15
    73%

    15Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

  • Deut 15:21
    72%

    21If they have any kind of blemish– lameness, blindness, or anything else– you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the LORD your God.

  • Lev 26:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Exhortation to Obedience“‘You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the LORD your God.

    2You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 12:4
    72%

    4You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.

  • Deut 24:17
    72%

    17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

  • Exod 20:7
    71%

    7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.

  • Deut 13:11
    71%

    11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Deut 17:1
    71%

    1You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 28:28
    71%

    28The LORD will also subject you to madness, blindness, and confusion of mind.

  • Deut 28:15
    71%

    15Curses as Reversal of Blessings“But if you ignore the LORD your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

  • Exod 23:13
    71%

    13“Pay attention to do everything I have told you, and do not even mention the names of other gods– do not let them be heard on your lips.

  • Lev 18:30
    71%

    30You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.’”

  • Lev 25:43
    71%

    43You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.

  • Lev 19:28
    71%

    28You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 6:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

    14You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,

  • Lev 19:35
    71%

    35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

  • Lev 22:31
    70%

    31“You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 20:19
    70%

    19I am the LORD your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.

  • Isa 33:19
    70%

    19You will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, whose derisive speech you do not understand.

  • Lev 21:18
    70%

    18Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or a limb too long,

  • Exod 23:8
    70%

    8“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

  • Lev 22:22
    70%

    22“‘You must not present to the LORD something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. You must not give any of these as a gift on the altar to the LORD.

  • Deut 1:17
    70%

    17They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

  • Deut 19:20
    70%

    20The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.