Leviticus 25:17

So then ye shall not overreach one another; but thou shalt stand in awe of thy God,—for, I—Yahweh, am your God.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

In Context

16according to the multitude of the years, shalt thou increase the price thereof, and, according to the fewness of the years, shalt thou diminish the price thereof,—because the sum of the increase, it is that he selleth thee.

18Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and my regulations, shall ye observe and do them,—so shall ye dwell upon the land with confidence;

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Cross References

Genesis 20:11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God, in this place,—therefore will they slay me for the sake of my wife.

Genesis 39:9There is no one greater in this house than I, neither hath he withheld from me anything, save only thyself in that thou, art his wife,—how, then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Exodus 20:20And Moses said unto the people—Do not fear, for to the end he may prove you, hath God come,—and to the end the reverence of him may be upon your faces that ye sin not.

Leviticus 19:14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, Nor, before the blind, place a stumbling-block,—So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God I, am Yahweh.

Leviticus 25:14And when ye sell anything to thy neighbour, or buy aught at thy neighbour’s hand, do not overreach one another.

Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour,—so shalt thou stand in awe of thy God.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:9-23

Institution of the Jubilee; the Year of the Jubilee. ( b. c. 1490.) 8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the… Read the whole commentary →

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