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You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
Leviticus 19:11 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB “‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.
  • KJV Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
  • ESV “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.
  • NKJV ‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
  • NASB ‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
  • NLT “Do not steal. “Do not deceive or cheat one another.

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Quick answer

Israel must not steal, lie, or deceive one another.

Overview

This verse gathers several commands protecting honesty and property within the community, echoing the eighth and ninth commandments. Truthfulness and integrity are essential to a holy people. These commands reflect the character of the God of truth and form the foundation of trust in any righteous society.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 23

  • Ps 101:7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
  • Exod 20:15You shall not steal.
  • Eph 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
  • Col 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
  • Zech 5:3–4Then 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.
  • Rom 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.”
  • Jer 9:3–5“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.
  • Deut 5:19You shall not steal.
  • Zech 8:16–17These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
  • Lev 6:2–3“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
  • Eph 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.
  • Acts 5:3–4Then 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?
  • Jer 7:9–11Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
  • Exod 20:17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
  • 1 Tim 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
  • Exod 22:7If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
  • 1 Cor 6:8–10Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
  • Ps 116:11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
  • Rev 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
  • Exod 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.
  • Exod 22:10–12If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,
  • Jer 6:13“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
  • 1 Kgs 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,

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Leviticus videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on LeviticusMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.

How Leviticus 19:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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