Leviticus 19:4
"Do not turn to Idols, nor make for yourself molded gods: I am the Lord your God."
English version:He is a Jealous God. He wants to be number in your life. Why do we put other things before him in the first place? Because we are human! It is a choice we make, good or bad ones at that. We just have to decide who or what is more important. Like he says, you either "Walk in the Flesh or Walk in Spirit."
Lev 19:3
"Honor your father and mother."
English version:
This is a very simple commandment. Notice the Bible says nothing about "Honor your parents if you think they deserve it." Your parents are human too and may have had many mistakes. You cannot just say, "I was their mistake." This does not make you any better. God still expects you to honor them anyway. Young people who hate their parents and do not respect them have allowed a rebellious attitude (spirit) to enter their lives. This is ultimatly not against their parents but against God who gave them their parents. This sin leads right into deep psychological problems and other tragedies.
Lev 19:13
"You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him."
Lev 19:18
You shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord."
English Version:
People who are healthy naturally take care of themselves and do those things that are in their own interest. This is how God wants us to think about and care for others close to us. In a sense, if you steal from neighbor, your stealing from yourself. If you are friends with that person, things can make matters worse. What if your not friends with them? Well, you don't seem to care at all ~ meaning you dont seem to care nor respect Yourself. A person who does this literally, they dont love themselves. God wants us to love ourselves first before we can love others. Meaning, take care of yourself!
Lev. 19:16
"You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people, nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord."
English Version:
Hello Gossipers! This goes for those who also are critical or judgemental, backstabber ones as well. Well this is how I am understanding this verse. Hmm. What exactly is a talebearer? They tell Tales, go around maybe spread some rumors or even mock others because we look, smell, believe in something you don't like. The second half of this...I misunderstood at first. I thought it should be ok to stand up for those you love. I'm thinking if you love your neighbor as yourself and someone else pops in the picture to hurt them of any sort, wouldn't you stand up for them? Or try to protect them? Then again this may also be saying, "Do not rise up and be against this person just because they are human." We tend to be critical or judgemetal about any issue with anyone just because. You could say they don't like this person because they suddenly change and we don't know how to take it. So we automatically click into "safe mode" and guard against it. Then you will be wondering what happened to "Love thy neighbor as yourself" and you will be going "huh." What happened? Where is the peson I used to know? We are all humans! If you love or care for someone, we should not be critical or judgemental towards them. If you are good person, why not get to know someone for who they are. Not for what they do, believe in or have. Now that is true friendship.
There are many other quotes I can pick out but these were a few that were interesting.
