Verse 14

You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 27:18 : 18 ‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
  • Lev 25:17 : 17 No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.
  • 1 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do. 9 But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak. 10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols? 11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed. 12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
  • Gen 42:18 : 18 On the third day Joseph said to them,“Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.
  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.