Leviticus 20:8

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You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 31:13 : 13 “Tell the Israelites,‘Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
  • Lev 21:8 : 8 You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you all, am holy.
  • Ezek 37:28 : 28 Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel.’”
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
  • John 13:17 : 17 If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
  • 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 Conclusion Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 Call to Stand Firm But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them.
  • Lev 18:4-5 : 4 You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the LORD your God. 5 So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the LORD.
  • Lev 19:37 : 37 You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 20:7
    87%

    7Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 19:30
    85%

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

  • Ezek 20:18-20
    3 verses
    84%

    18“‘But I said to their children in the wilderness,“Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

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

    20Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the LORD your God.”

  • Lev 22:31-33
    3 verses
    84%

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

    32You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

    33the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 26:2-3
    2 verses
    83%

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

    3The Benefits of Obedience“‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments,

  • Lev 19:37
    82%

    37You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 18:2-5
    4 verses
    82%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘I am the LORD your God!

    3You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes.

    4You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the LORD your God.

    5So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 22:9
    81%

    9They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

  • Lev 18:30
    81%

    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 21:8
    81%

    8You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you all, am holy.

  • Lev 20:26
    81%

    26You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.

  • Lev 19:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    2“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

    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.

  • Exod 31:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13“Tell the Israelites,‘Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

    14So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people.

  • Exod 20:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

    8“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy.

  • Ezek 20:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!

    12I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them.

  • Lev 11:44-45
    2 verses
    76%

    44for I am the LORD your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,

    45for I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, and you are to be holy because I am holy.

  • Lev 25:18
    76%

    18You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them so that you may live securely in the land.

  • Lev 22:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Regulations for the Eating of Priestly Stipends The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.

  • Num 15:40
    75%

    40Thus you will remember and obey all my commandments and be holy to your God.

  • Ezek 11:20
    74%

    20so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

  • Deut 5:12
    74%

    12Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Lev 22:16
    74%

    16and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

  • Lev 20:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations, so that the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence there does not vomit you out.

    23You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.

  • Deut 6:17
    74%

    17Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

  • 1 Pet 1:16
    74%

    16for it is written,“You shall be holy, because I am holy.”

  • Deut 7:11
    74%

    11So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.

  • Exod 30:29
    73%

    29So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy.

  • Deut 11:32
    73%

    32Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.

  • Deut 28:9
    73%

    9The LORD will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

  • Ezek 20:7
    73%

    7I said to them,“Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.”

  • Lev 10:10
    73%

    10as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,

  • Ezek 44:8
    73%

    8You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.

  • Ezek 37:28
    72%

    28Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel.’”

  • Lev 18:26
    72%

    26You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst,