レビ記 19:13-18 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 19:11-18

We are taught here, I. To be honest and true in all our dealings, Lev. 19:11. God, who has appointed every man's property by his providence, forbids by his law the invading of that appointment, either by downright theft, You shall not steal, or by fraudulent dealing, ?You shall not cheat, or deal falsely.? Whatever we have in the world, we must see to it that it be honestly come by, for we cannot be truly rich, nor long rich, with that which is not. The God of truth, who requires truth in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:13

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him ,.... Not defraud him secretly, nor rob him openly and by force, as Aben Ezra; not defraud him in buying and selling, in retaining wages due to him, and refusing to return to him what has been committed to trust, or to repay him what has been borrowed of him: the Vulgate Latin is, "thou shall not calumniate him ", or get anything from him, by raising a calumny upon him; nor rob him by coming into his house, or entering into his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:14

Thou shalt not curse the deaf ,.... Who are naturally so, born deaf, or become so through some accident, and cannot hear what is objected to them, and they are cursed for; and so cannot reply in their own defence, and remove the calumny cast upon them, if it be such which is the cause of their being cursed; and therefore there is something mean and base as well as wicked in cursing such: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, "him that heareth not", and respects any absent person who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment ,.... This is said with respect to judges and witnesses, as Aben Ezra notes; that the one should not bear false witness in a court of judicature to the perversion of justice, and the other should not pronounce an unrighteous sentence, justifying the wicked and condemning the righteous: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor ; that is, in judgment, or in a court of judicature, when a cause of his is brought before it; though privately his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:16

Thou shall not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people ,.... The word used signifies a merchant, and particularly one that deals in drugs and spices, and especially a peddler in those things, that goes about from place to place to sell them; and such having an opportunity and making use of it to carry stories of others, and report them to their disadvantage, hence it came to be used for one that carries tales from house to house, in order to curry favour for himself, and to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:17

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart ,.... Although no hatred may be expressed either by words or deeds, yet being in the heart is a breach of the sixth command, see Matthew 5:21 ; and of this a man may be guilty, when he does not attempt to save the life of his neighbour, either by bearing a testimony for him, or by delivering from danger, as preserving him from drowning, from wild beasts and thieves, as in Leviticus 19:16 ; or when he does not reprove him for sin, as in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:18

Thou shalt not avenge ,.... That is, not avenge ourselves on him that has done us an ill thing, but leave it to him to whom vengeance belongs, see Romans 12:19 ; which is done when a man does an ill thing for another, or denies to grant a favour which he has been denied by another; Jarchi thus illustrates it, one says to him (his neighbour) lend me thy sickle; he answers, no (I will not); on the morrow (the neighbour comes, who had refused, and) says to him, lend me thy hatchet; he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:13

The wages - shall not abide with thee all night - For this plain reason, it is the support of the man's life and family, and they need to expend it as fast as it is earned. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:14

Thou shalt not curse the deaf - Or speak evil of him, because he cannot hear, and so cannot vindicate his own character. Nor put a stumbling - block before the blind - He who is capable of doing this, must have a heart cased with cruelty. The spirit and design of these precepts are, that no man shall in any case take advantage of the ignorance, simplicity, or inexperience of his neighbor, but in all things do to his neighbor as he would, on a change of circumstances, that his neighbor... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer - רכיל rachil signifies a trader, a peddler, and is here applied to the person who travels about dealing in scandal and calumny, getting the secrets of every person and family, and retailing them wherever he goes. A more despicable character exists not: such a person is a pest to society, and should be exiled from the habitations of men. Neither shalt thou stand against the blood, etc. - Thou shalt not be as a false witness, because by... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 19:11-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:16

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