Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
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- WEB You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Yahweh your God.
- KJV Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God.
- NKJV Therefore you shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.
- NASB So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.
- NLT Show your fear of God by not taking advantage of each other. I am the Lord your God.
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Quick answer
Israel was again warned not to wrong one another, but to fear God. Reverence for God was the foundation of honest dealing.
Overview
God repeats the prohibition against exploitation, anchoring it in the fear of the LORD rather than mere external rules. Treating others justly flows from a heart that reveres God and remembers he is watching. This inner motivation foreshadows the gospel, where love for God reshapes how we treat our neighbor.
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Cross-references · 27
- Lev 19:14You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
- Lev 19:32You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
- Lev 25:43You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
- Exod 20:20“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
- Gen 42:18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
- Lev 25:14If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.
- Deut 25:18how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
- Rom 3:18“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
- Prov 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Luke 12:5But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
- Prov 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- 1 Sam 12:24Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
- Rom 11:20That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
- Ps 19:9The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
- Acts 9:31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
- Gen 22:12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
- Acts 10:2He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
- 1 Th 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
- Neh 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- Acts 10:35but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
- Gen 39:9No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
- Mal 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Jer 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
- Jer 7:5–6For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
- 2 Chr 19:7And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
- Gen 20:11Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
- Neh 5:9So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
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