Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 19:17
17“You are not to hate your brother in your heart. Instead, you are to firmly 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 King James Version (NKJV)‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Context of Leviticus 19:17
15“You are to do no injustice in judgment. You are not to be partial toward the poor nor show favoritism toward the great, but you are to judge your neighbor with fairness. 16“You are not to go up and down as a talebearer among your people. You are not to endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Adonai. “You are not to hate your brother in your heart. Instead, you are to firmly rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. 18You are not to take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am Adonai. 19“You must keep My statutes. You are not to crossbreed different kinds of animals. You are not to sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor are you to wear a garment woven of two kinds of material.
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 bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “Let the time for mourning my father draw near, so that I can kill my brother Jacob!”
- Proverbs 26:24One who hates, disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.
- 1 John 2:9The one who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness.
- 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, while his brother’s were righteous.
- Psalms 141:5Let the righteous strike me— it is kindness. Let him correct me— it is oil on my head —my head will not refuse it. Yet still my prayer is against their wickedness.
- Proverbs 9:8Do not correct a scoffer or he will hate you. Rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
- Proverbs 27:5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
- Matthew 18:15“Now if your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault while you’re with him alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.
- Luke 17:3“Keep yourselves alert! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
- Galatians 2:11But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong—
- Galatians 6:1Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught doing something wrong, you who are directed by the Ruach, restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness—looking closely at yourself so you are not tempted also.
- Ephesians 5:11Take no part in the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them—
- 1 Timothy 5:20Correct those who continue sinning in the presence of everyone, so that the rest also may fear.
- 2 Timothy 4:2proclaim the Word! Be ready when it is convenient or inconvenient. Confront, rebuke, encourage—with complete patience and instruction.
- Romans 1:32Though they know God’s righteous decree—that those who practice such things deserve death—they not only do them but also approve of others who practice the same.
- 1 Corinthians 5:2And you are puffed up! Shouldn’t you have mourned instead, so that the one who did this deed might be removed 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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