KJV 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:
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Leviticus 26:15
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
WEB 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;
ASV 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;
YLT 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—
Surrounding context — Leviticus 26
12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
13 I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
15 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:
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
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וְאִם־H518 · imifבְּחֻקֹּתַ֣יH2708 · chuq.qahstatuteתִּמְאָ֔סוּH3988 · ma.asto rejectוְאִ֥םH518 · imifאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִשְׁפָּטַ֖יH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementתִּגְעַ֣לH1602 · ga.alto abhorנַפְשְׁכֶ֑םH5315 · ne.pheshsoulלְבִלְתִּ֤יH1115 · bil.tilestעֲשׂוֹת֙H6213 · a.sahto make: doאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallמִצְוֹתַ֔יH4687 · mits.vahcommandmentלְהַפְרְכֶ֖םH6565 · pa.rarto breakאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּרִיתִֽי׃H1285 · be.ritcovenant
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 31:16And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go [to be] among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.2 Kings 17:15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that [were] round about them, [concerning] whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.Isaiah 24:5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.Jeremiah 11:10They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.Zechariah 7:11-13But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.Ezekiel 16:59For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.Numbers 15:31Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him.Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.Proverbs 1:30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.1 Thessalonians 4:8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:Psalm 50:17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.2 Samuel 12:9-10Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.Genesis 17:14And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
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