Leviticus 25:18

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“You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.”

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BSBPD

“You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And ye have done My statutes, and My judgments ye keep, and have done them, and ye have dwelt on the land confidently,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 25:18 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 19:19You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
  2. Leviticus 19:37You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
  3. Leviticus 26:3If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
  4. Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
  5. Deuteronomy 12:10When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
  6. Deuteronomy 28:1“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
  7. Deuteronomy 33:12Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
  8. Deuteronomy 33:28So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.
  9. 1 Kings 5:5So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
  10. Psalms 4:8I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
  11. Psalms 103:18to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
  12. Proverbs 1:33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
  13. Jeremiah 7:3Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
  14. Jeremiah 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  15. Jeremiah 25:5The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
  16. Jeremiah 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  17. Ezekiel 33:24“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
  18. Ezekiel 33:29Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’
  19. Ezekiel 34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
  20. Ezekiel 36:24For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.

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