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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 19:15

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 19:16

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:17

Thou shalt not hate thy brother - Thou shalt not only not do him any kind of evil, but thou shalt harbor no hatred in thy heart towards him. On the contrary, thou shalt love him as thyself, Leviticus 19:18 . Many persons suppose, from misunderstanding our Lord's words, John 13:34 , A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another, etc., that loving our neighbor as ourselves was first instituted under the Gospel. This verse shows the opinion to be unfounded: but to love another... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:16

Verse 16 16.Thou shalt not go up and down. The principle of the second clause is the same as that of the foregoing verse, for it is added to a general precept, whereby detraction is condemned: and much more ought we to be deterred from it, whilst we acknowledge that our tongue is thus armed cruelly to shed innocent blood. Some suppose that the word רכיל, racil, is metaphorically taken from merchants, because the tale-bearer or whisperer (169) is no less busy in hunting for false reports, which... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:17

Verse 17 17.Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor. Because many, under the pretext of conscientiousness, are not only rigid censors of others, but also burst out in the open proclamation of their defects, Moses seeks to prevent this preposterous zeal, shewing how they may best restrain it, not by encouraging sin through their connivance or silence, whilst they are still far from evil-speaking. For those who labor under this disease of carping and vituperating, are wont to object that sins... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:18

Verse 18 18.Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. What every man’s mind ought to be towards his neighbor, could not be better expressed in many pages that in this one sentence. We are all of us not only inclined to love ourselves more than we should, but all our powers hurry us away in this direction; nay, φιλαυτία (self-love) blinds us so much as to be the parent of all iniquities. Since, therefore, whilst we are too much given to love ourselves, we forget and neglect our brethren, God... read more

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

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 19:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:18

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