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Leviticus 19:16 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 19 · verse 16
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.Leviticus 19:16 · King James Version
Leviticus 19:16 in context
14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
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Key words (Strong's)
- talebearerrâkîyla scandal-mongerH7400 →
- neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- standʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- goyâlakto walkH3212 →
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We are taught here, I. To be honest and true in all our dealings, Lev 19:11. God, who has appointed every man's property by his providence, forbids by his law the invading of that appointment, either by downright theft, You shall not steal, or by fraudulent dealing, "You shall not cheat, or deal falsely." Whatever we…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-18