New King James Version
Leviticus 19:17
17‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Leviticus 19:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives. Confront people directly so you will not be held guilty for their sin.
Context of Leviticus 19:17
15‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor. 16You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord. ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. 18You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. 19‘You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you.
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:17 word by word
לֹֽא־תִשְׂנָ֥א אֶת־אָחִ֖יךָ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ הוֹכֵ֤חַ תּוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ אֶת־עֲמִיתֶ֔ךָ וְלֹא־תִשָּׂ֥א עָלָ֖יו חֵֽטְא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:17
- Genesis 27:41So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
- Proverbs 26:24He who hates, disguises it with his lips, And lays up deceit within himself;
- 1 John 2:9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.
- 1 John 3:12not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
- Psalms 141:5Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
- Proverbs 9:8Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- Proverbs 27:5Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.
- Matthew 18:15“Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
- Luke 17:3Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
- Galatians 2:11Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;
- Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.
- Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
- 1 Timothy 5:20Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.
- 2 Timothy 4:2Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
- Romans 1:32who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
- 1 Corinthians 5:2And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you.
Commentaries on Leviticus 19:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Thou shalt not hate thy brother - Thou shalt not only not do him any kind of evil, but thou shalt harbor no hatred in thy heart towards him. On the contrary, thou shalt love him as thyself, Leviticus 19:18. Many persons suppose, from misunderstanding our Lord's words, John 13:34, A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another, etc., that loving our neighbor as ourselves was first instituted under the Gospel. This verse shows the opinion to be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Not suffer sin upon him - Rather, not hear sin on his account; that is, either by bearing secret ill-will Ephesians 4:26, or by encouraging him to sin in withholding due rebuke Romans 1:32.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17your brother in your heart: The Hebrew term can refer to any fellow Israelite. All of Israel was one family (compare 1 John 3:15). Directly rebuke: Love does not mean ignoring wrong actions. Correcting someone can help them change.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour--Instead of cherishing latent feelings of malice or meditating purposes of revenge against a person who has committed an insult or injury against them, God's people were taught to remonstrate with the offender and endeavor, by calm and kindly reason, to bring him to a sense of his fault. not suffer sin upon him--literally, "that ye may not participate in his sin."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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