{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/leviticus/19","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:26:00.439Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Leviticus","bookSlug":"leviticus","chapter":19,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":18,"nextChapter":20,"totalChapters":27,"totalVerses":37},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Turn you not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And if you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it at your own will."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Therefore every one that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And you shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"You shall not defraud your neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with you all night until the morning."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor; I am the LORD."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any wise rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin on him."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle engender with a diverse kind: you shall not sow your field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come on you."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And whoever lies carnally with a woman, that is a female slave, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has done: and the sin which he has done shall be forgiven him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised to you: it shall not be eaten of."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD with."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And in the fifth year shall you eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield to you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"You shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall you use enchantment, nor observe times."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am the LORD."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you shall not vex him."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in length, in weight, or in measure."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall you have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Therefore shall you observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD."}],"citation":{"inline":"Leviticus 19 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Leviticus 19](https://primebible.com/akjv/leviticus/19)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/leviticus/19 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}