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Leviticus 25

Lev. 25:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye shall not therefore oppress
yanah (Hebrew #3238)
to rage or be violent: by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
KJV usage: destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
Pronounce: yaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
one
'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)
another
`amiyth (Hebrew #5997)
companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man
KJV usage: another, fellow, neighbour.
Pronounce: aw-meeth'
Origin: from a primitive root meaning to associate
; but thou shalt 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
u thy 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
: for 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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Gen. 42:18• 18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do that ye may live: I fear God. (Gen. 42:18)
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Jer. 22:16• 16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. (Jer. 22:16)

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Lev. 25:14• 14And if thou sell aught to thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not overreach one another. (Lev. 25:14)
fear.
Lev. 25:43• 43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, and thou shalt fear thy God. (Lev. 25:43)
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Lev. 19:14,32• 14Thou shalt not curse a deaf [person] nor put a stumbling-block before a blind one, but thou shalt fear thy God: I [am] Jehovah.
 32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 19:14,32)
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Gen. 20:11• 11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. (Gen. 20:11)
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Gen. 22:12• 12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. (Gen. 22:12)
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Gen. 39:9• 9None [is] greater in this house than I; nor hath he withheld from me anything but thee, because thou [art] his wife. And how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? (Gen. 39:9)
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Gen. 42:18• 18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do that ye may live: I fear God. (Gen. 42:18)
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Ex. 20:20• 20And Moses said to the people, Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not. (Ex. 20:20)
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Deut. 25:18• 18how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. (Deut. 25:18)
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1 Sam. 12:24• 24Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things He hath done for you. (1 Sam. 12:24)
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2 Chron. 19:7• 7And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents. (2 Chron. 19:7)
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Neh. 5:9,15• 9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
 15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. (Neh. 5:9,15)
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Psa. 19:9• 9The fear of Jehovah [is] pure, enduring forever;{HR}The judgments of Jehovah [are] truth, they [are] righteous altogether, (Psa. 19:9)
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Prov. 1:7• 7The fear of Jehovah (is) the beginning of knowledge:{HR}Fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Prov. 1:7)
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Jer. 22:16• 16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. (Jer. 22:16)
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Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
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Luke 12:5• 5But I will show you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. (Luke 12:5)
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Acts 9:31• 31The assembly then, throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, being edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied. (Acts 9:31)
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Acts 10:2,35• 2pious and fearing God with all his house, giving much alms to the people, and entreating God continually,
 35but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is acceptable to him. (Acts 10:2,35)
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Rom. 3:18• 18There is no fear of God before their eyes.” (Rom. 3:18)
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Rom. 11:20• 20Right: through unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest through faith. Be not highminded, but fear; (Rom. 11:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And ye shall not oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am Jehovah your God.

W. Kelly Translation

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And ye shall not overreach one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I [am] Jehovah your God.