Leviticus 19:14

‘Do not curse deaf people, and do not put things in the path of blind people to cause them to stumble.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

In Context

13‘Do not cheat anyone or steal from anyone. ‘If you have agreed to pay your workers at the end of the day, do what you have promised; do not keep those wages until the next day.

15‘Always [LIT] judge people fairly [DOU]. Do not do special favors for either poor people or rich people.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:18On the third day, Joseph went to the prison and said to them, “I am a man who fears that God will punish me if I do not do what I promise. So do what I tell you, and I will spare your lives.

Leviticus 25:17Do not cheat each other; instead, revere me. I, Yahweh your God, am the one who am commanding this.

Nehemiah 5:15The men who were governors before I became the governor had burdened the people by requiring them to pay a lot of taxes. They had forced each person to pay to them 40 silver coins every day, in addition to giving food and wine to them. Even their servants/officials oppressed the people. But I did not do that, because I revered God.

Romans 12:14Ask God to be kind to those who ◄persecute you/cause you to suffer► because you believe in Jesus! Ask him to be kind to them; do not ask him to cause bad things to happen to them.

1 Corinthians 8:8But God will not think more highly about us if we eat certain foods, or if we do not eat certain foods. That is, we are not more acceptable to God if we do not eat certain foods, nor are we more acceptable to him if we eat those foods.

1 Peter 1:17God is the one who ◄impartially/without favoritism► judges what each person does. Since you call him ‘Father’, live ◄reverently/with great respect for him► during the time that you are living here on earth. While you are living here, you are like exiles/foreigners [MET] because you are away from heaven, which is your true home.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:12-19

11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord . 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the… Read the whole commentary →

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