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“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.
Leviticus 19:11 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
  • BSB You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive 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 101:7He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
  • Exod 20:15“You shall not steal.
  • Eph 4:25Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
  • Col 3:9Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
  • Zech 5:3–4Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.
  • Rom 3:4May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”
  • Jer 9:3–5“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood; and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
  • Deut 5:19“You shall not steal.
  • Zech 8:16–17These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,
  • Lev 6:2–3“If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
  • Eph 4:28Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
  • Acts 5:3–4But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
  • Jer 7:9–11Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
  • Exod 20:17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
  • 1 Tim 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
  • Exod 22:7“If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
  • 1 Cor 6:8–10No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers.
  • Ps 116:11I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”
  • Rev 21:8But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
  • Exod 22:1“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
  • Exod 22:10–12“If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;
  • Jer 6:13“For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
  • 1 Kgs 13:18He said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” He lied to him.

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  • 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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