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Leviticus 26:21

in Leviticus 26

If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

KJV

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

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This verse in Leviticus 26

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

All sinners walk contrary to God, to his truths, laws, and counsels; but those especially that are incorrigible under his judgments. The design of the rod is to humble them, and soften them, and bring them to repentance; but, instead of this, their hearts are more hardened and exasperated against God, and in their distress they trespass yet more against him, 2 Chron. xxviii.

This site's exposition

And if ye walk contrary unto me

on Leviticus 26:21-22

Walk contrary is the chapter's own phrase for the breach, and it runs both directions. It is used of Israel at verses 21, 23, 27 and 40, and of God at verses 24, 28 and 41, so the answer is described in the same words as the offence. The beasts that were driven out at verse 6 come back, and the high ways lie desolate because nobody will travel them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And if ye walk contrary unto me,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

If you will not learn obedience by the things which you suffer, but be as deaf to the loud alarms of God's judgments as you have been to the close reasonings of his word and the secret whispers of your own consciences, you are obstinate indeed." (2.) " If you walk contrary to me,

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאִם־and if

    veim-H518 →1069 times

  • תֵּֽלְכ֤וּyou will walk

    telekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • עִמִּי֙with me

    ʾimiH5973 →1050 times

  • קֶ֔רִיcontrariness

    keriH7147 →7 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תֹאב֖וּyou will be willing

    tovuH14 →

  • לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽto listen

    lishmoa'H8085 →1159 times

  • לִ֑יto <the> me

    li

  • וְיָסַפְתִּ֤יand I will add

    veyasaftiH3254 →212 times

  • עֲלֵיכֶם֙to you

    ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times

  • מַכָּ֔הa blow

    makahH4347 →

  • שֶׁ֖בַעsevenfold

    sheva'H7651 →394 times

  • כְּחַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃according to sins your

    kechatoteikhemH2403 →295 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Revelation 15:1Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.8 worksLeviticus 26:18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.5 worksExodus 11:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.5 works2 Chronicles 21:14So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.5 worksPsalms 79:12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.5 worksLeviticus 26:27But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 21:14‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!3 worksJeremiah 4:20Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.3 worksDaniel 3:19At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,3 worksLeviticus 26:40But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—3 worksLeviticus 26:23And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,2 worksGenesis 4:15“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.2 worksEzekiel 7:26Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.2 worksNehemiah 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.2 worksZechariah 14:12And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.2 worksJeremiah 36:32Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.2 worksPsalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.2 worksExodus 9:14Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Leviticus 26:18

    And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 26:24

      then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Leviticus 26:28

      then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

    • 1 Samuel 2:5

      The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

    • Daniel 3:19

      At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

    • Proverbs 24:16

      For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 26 →

This page draws on Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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