Berean Standard Bible
Leviticus 19:11
11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
Leviticus 19:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not steal. “ ‘Do not lie. “ ‘Do not deceive one another.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
Context of Leviticus 19:11
9When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God. You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another. 12You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. 13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:11 word by word
לֹ֖א תִּגְנֹ֑בוּ וְלֹא־תְכַחֲשׁ֥וּ וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּר֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ בַּעֲמִיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:11
- Leviticus 6:2“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
- Exodus 20:15You shall not steal.
- Exodus 22:1“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
- Deuteronomy 5:19You shall not steal.
- Jeremiah 6:13“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Jeremiah 7:9Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
- Zechariah 5:3Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
- Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- 1 Corinthians 6:8Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
- Ephesians 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
- 1 Kings 13:18Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
- Psalms 101:7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
- Psalms 116:11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Acts 5:3Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
- Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Commentaries on Leviticus 19:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Ye shall not steal, etc. - See the notes on Exodus 20:15.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-13Verses 11-13 Leviticus 19:11 forbids injuries perpetrated by craft; Leviticus 19:13, those perpetrated by violence or power, the conversion of might into right. In Leviticus 19:13 “defraud” should rather be, oppress.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11A society that does not respect the property of others would quickly collapse. Exodus 20:15 prohibited stealing. Those who deceived or cheated had to present a guilt offering (see Leviticus 6:2–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1611-16. Ye shall not steal--A variety of social duties are inculcated in this passage, chiefly in reference to common and little-thought-of vices to which mankind are exceedingly prone; such as committing petty frauds, or not scrupling to violate truth in transactions of business, ridiculing bodily infirmities, or circulating stories to the prejudice of others. In opposition to these bad habits, a spirit of humanity and brotherly kindness is strongly…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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