Leviticus 26:15
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"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:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָאַס
mâʼaç
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
חֹק
chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →חֹק chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Study H2706 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
And 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 hea...
And 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, a...
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
They 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 cov...
Because 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.
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded th...
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
But 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.
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised...
And 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.
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unt...
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Now 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:
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
Hear, 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.
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
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