Leviticus 26:15 “and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to c…”

Leviticus 26:15

and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

World English Bible

and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant,

American Standard Version

and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhor mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;

Geneva Bible 1599

And if ye shall despise mine ordinances, either if your soule abhorre my lawes, so that yee will not do all my commandements, but breake my couenant,

Darby Translation

and if ye shall despise my statutes, and if your soul shall abhor mine ordinances, so that ye do not all my commandments, that ye break my covenant,

Young's Literal Translation

and if at My statutes ye kick, and if My judgments your soul loathe, so as not to do all My commands — to your breaking My covenant —

Bible in Basic English

And if you go against my rules and if you have hate in your souls for my decisions and you do not do all my orders, but go against my agreement;

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Cross references

“despise”

2 Kings 17:15 Numbers 15:31 Zechariah 7:11–13 Leviticus 26:43 2 Chronicles 36:16 Proverbs 1:7

2 Kings 17:15 · BSB

They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that…

Numbers 15:31 · BSB

He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”

Zechariah 7:11–13 · BSB

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

Leviticus 26:43 · BSB

For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.

2 Chronicles 36:16 · BSB

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Proverbs 1:7 · BSB

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

“soul”

Psalm 50:17 Proverbs 5:12 Romans 8:7

Psalm 50:17 · BSB

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Proverbs 5:12 · BSB

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Romans 8:7 · BSB

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

“break”

Deuteronomy 31:16 Isaiah 24:5 Jeremiah 11:10 Ezekiel 16:59 Genesis 17:14 Exodus 19:5

Deuteronomy 31:16 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant…

Isaiah 24:5 · BSB

The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

Jeremiah 11:10 · BSB

They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers…

Ezekiel 16:59 · BSB

For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

Genesis 17:14 · BSB

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

Exodus 19:5 · BSB

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

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