Leviticus 19:3

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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.”

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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
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“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
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“`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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 19:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 48:12Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
  2. 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.”
  3. Exodus 20:8Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
  4. 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.
  5. Exodus 21:15Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
  6. Exodus 21:17Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Leviticus 19:25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
  10. Leviticus 19:30You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Leviticus 26:2You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
  14. 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,
  15. Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  16. Nehemiah 9:14You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
  17. Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
  18. Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
  19. Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
  20. Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
  21. 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.
  22. 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—
  23. 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,
  24. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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