Leviticus 19:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.”
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“Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 19:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 48:12Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
- Exodus 16:29Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
- Exodus 20:8Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
- Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Exodus 21:15Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
- Exodus 21:17Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
- Exodus 31:13“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
- Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- Leviticus 19:25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 19:30You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:31You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 19:34You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 26:2You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
- Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Nehemiah 9:14You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
- Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
- Isaiah 56:4For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
- Isaiah 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
- Ezekiel 20:12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
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