Leviticus 25:17

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:14 : 14 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.
  • 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 25:43 : 43 You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.
  • Exod 20:20 : 20 Moses said to the people,“Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin.”
  • Lev 25:14 : 14 If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.
  • Gen 20:11 : 11 Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
  • Gen 22:12 : 12 “Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
  • Gen 42:18 : 18 On the third day Joseph said to them,“Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.
  • Deut 25:18 : 18 how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God.
  • 1 Sam 12:24 : 24 However, fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”
  • Neh 5:9 : 9 Then I said,“The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?
  • 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.
  • Ps 19:9 : 9 The commands to fear the LORD are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the LORD are trustworthy and absolutely just.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
  • Jer 7:5-6 : 5 You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly. 6 Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
  • Jer 22:16 : 16 He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
  • Acts 10:2 : 2 He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.
  • Rom 3:18 : 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Granted! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 25:14
    83%

    14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

  • Lev 25:43
    81%

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

  • Lev 19:10-18
    9 verses
    78%

    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.

    14You 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.

    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.

  • Exod 22:21
    77%

    21“You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 19:32-35
    4 verses
    77%

    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.

    34The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

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

  • 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 25:36-39
    4 verses
    75%

    36Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

    37You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.

    38I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan– to be your God.

    39“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

  • Exod 23:9
    75%

    9“You must not oppress a resident foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 19:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    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 24:14
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    14You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

  • Deut 12:4
    74%

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

  • Lev 19:30
    74%

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

  • Lev 18:30
    74%

    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.’”

  • Exod 22:25
    73%

    25“If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

  • 2 Kgs 17:37-39
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    37You must carefully obey at all times the rules, regulations, law, and commandments he wrote down for you. You must not worship other gods.

    38You must never forget the covenant I made with you, and you must not worship other gods.

    39Instead you must worship the LORD your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.”

  • Lev 19:37
    73%

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

  • Lev 18:4
    73%

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

  • Jer 7:6
    73%

    6Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.

  • Lev 26:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Exod 23:6
    73%

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

  • Lev 22:31
    73%

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

  • Lev 18:2
    73%

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

  • Zech 7:10
    73%

    10You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the resident foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow citizen.’

  • Deut 6:14
    72%

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

  • Judg 6:10
    72%

    10I said to you,“I am the LORD your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’”

  • Lev 23:22
    72%

    22When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the LORD your God.’”

  • Lev 24:22
    72%

    22There will be one regulation for you, whether a resident foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the LORD your God.’”

  • Ps 81:9
    72%

    9There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.

  • Deut 1:17
    72%

    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 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.

  • Jer 25:6
    72%

    6Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.’

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    72%

    35The LORD made a covenant with them and instructed them,“You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.