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Leviticus 19

Lev. 19:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye shall fear
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
every man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
his mother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
g, and his father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
h my sabbaths
shabbath (Hebrew #7676)
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
KJV usage: (+ every) sabbath.
Pronounce: shab-bawth'
Origin: intensive from 7673
: I am the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Ex. 20:12• 12{i}Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.{/i} (Ex. 20:12)
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Ex. 21:15,17• 15{i}And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.{/i}
17{i}And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.{/i}
(Ex. 21:15,17)
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Deut. 21:18‑21• 18{i}If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;{/i}
19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place:
20and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
(Deut. 21:18‑21)
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Deut. 27:16• 16{i}Cursed be he that slighteth his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen.{/i} (Deut. 27:16)
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Prov. 1:8• 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father,{HR}And forsake not the law of thy mother; (Prov. 1:8)
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Prov. 6:20‑21• 20My son, observe thy father's commandment,{HR}and forsake not thy mother's law.
21Bind them continually on thy heart,{HR}Tie them about thy neck:
(Prov. 6:20‑21)
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Prov. 23:22• 22Hearken unto thy father that begot thee,{HR}And despise not thy mother when she is old. (Prov. 23:22)
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Prov. 30:11,17• 11{i}There is a generation that curseth their father,{HR}And doth not bless their mother;{HR}{/i}
17{i}The eye that mocketh at a father,{HR}And despiseth to obey a mother,{HR}The ravens of the valley shall pick it out,{HR}And the young eagles shall eat it.{/i}
(Prov. 30:11,17)
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Ezek. 22:7• 7{i}In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.{/i} (Ezek. 22:7)
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Mal. 1:6• 6A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? (Mal. 1:6)
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Matt. 15:4‑6• 4{i}For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.{/i}
5{i}But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:{/i}
6{i}and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.{/i}
(Matt. 15:4‑6)
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Eph. 6:1‑3• 1Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord; for this is just.
2Honour thy father and thy mother, which is a commandment first in promise,
3that it may be well for thee, and thou shalt be long-lived on the earth.
(Eph. 6:1‑3)
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Heb. 12:9• 9Then indeed we had fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of the spirits and live? (Heb. 12:9)
keep.
Lev. 26:2• 2Ye shall observe my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 26:2)
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Ex. 16:29• 29{i}See, for Jehovah hath given you the Sabbath; therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread for two days. Abide every man in his place: let no man go from his place on the seventh day.{/i} (Ex. 16:29)
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Ex. 20:8• 8{i}Remember the Sabbath day to hallow it.{/i} (Ex. 20:8)
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Ex. 31:13‑17• 13{i}And thou, speak thou unto the children of Israel, saying, Surely my Sabbaths shall ye keep; for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that it is I, Jehovah, who do hallow you.{/i}
14{i}Keep the Sabbath, therefore; for it is holy unto you; every one that profaneth it shall certainly be put to death: yea, whoever doeth work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples.{/i}
15{i}Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, holy to Jehovah: whoever doeth work on the Sabbath day shall certainly be put to death.{/i}
16{i}And the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations— it is an everlasting covenant.{/i}
17{i}It shall be a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.{/i}
(Ex. 31:13‑17)
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Isa. 56:4‑6• 4For thus saith Jehovah, Unto the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose [the things] that please me, and hold fast by my covenant,
5unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
6Also the sons of the stranger that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast by my covenant—
(Isa. 56:4‑6)
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Isa. 58:13• 13If thou turn back thy foot from the Sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy [day] of Jehovah, honourable; and thou honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [idle] words; (Isa. 58:13)
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Ezek. 20:12• 12Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctify them. (Ezek. 20:12)
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Ezek. 22:8• 8{i}Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my Sabbaths.{/i} (Ezek. 22:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am Jehovah your God.

W. Kelly Translation

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Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my Sabbaths: I [am] Jehovah your God.