Leviticus 20:22

Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

Cross-reference

Leviticus 18:5 similarly commands keeping statutes and rules, promising life for doing them — reinforcing the call to obedience.

Leviticus 18:25-28 recounts how the land vomited out the Canaanites for their sins, the very precedent that Leviticus 20:22 warns will happen to Israel if they disobey.

Leviticus 18:26 repeats the command to keep statutes and rules, specifically warning against abominations — same context of covenant obedience.

Leviticus 19:37 uses nearly identical wording: 'keep all my statutes and rules' — a direct parallel call to obedience.

Leviticus 26:33 describes the scattering and desolation that directly fulfill the 'land vomiting you out' warning here.

Leviticus 18:4 gives the same command to keep God's statutes — a parallel exhortation to obedience.

Leviticus 18:24 explains that the nations were defiled and driven out — the very reason the land vomits people here.

Leviticus 18:28 repeats the exact 'vomit you out' phrase, reinforcing the same warning about defiling the land.

Deuteronomy 5:1 gives a parallel command: 'Hear, O Israel, the statutes and rules... and be careful to do them', reinforcing the call to obedience.

Deuteronomy 28:25 echoes this same consequence — defeat and scattering among enemies — as a curse for disobedience.

Ezekiel 36:27 promises God will cause walking in statutes — a new covenant empowerment for the obedience commanded here.

Psalm 105:45 states God gave the land so they might keep his statutes — directly echoing the purpose behind Leviticus 20:22.

Psalm 119:106 records a personal oath to keep God's righteous rules, directly echoing the command in Leviticus to do them.

Micah 2:10 Parallel

Micah 2:10 declares the land defiled and not a resting place, echoing the same consequence of being driven out for defilement in 20:22.

Hosea 9:3 Prophetic fulfillment

Hosea 9:3 foretells Ephraim will not remain in the Lord's land because of sin, directly fulfilling the exile warned of in 20:22.

Jeremiah 9:19 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 9:19 laments the exile and ruined houses — the actual fulfillment of the land vomiting out its people.

2 Chronicles 33:2 Historical context

2 Chronicles 33:2 records Manasseh doing the detestable things of the nations God drove out — a real-life example of this warning.

1 Kings 21:26 Historical context

1 Kings 21:26 shows Ahab following the Amorites' vile practices — the very pattern that leads to expulsion as warned here.

Ezekiel 33:26 questions the right to possess the land after detestable acts, echoing the warning in 20:22 that disobedience causes the land to vomit you out.

Deuteronomy 4:45 Historical context

Deuteronomy 4:45 identifies these same statutes as those Moses spoke to Israel after leaving Egypt, setting the context for the command to obey.

Psalm 119:80 Related theme

Psalm 119:80 prays for blamelessness in statutes to avoid shame — a personal response to the call for obedience.

Psalm 119:20 expresses a longing for God's rules, contrasting with Leviticus' warning but showing a positive attitude toward the same statutes.

Psalm 119:145 Related theme

Psalm 119:145 commits to keeping statutes amid a cry for help — aligning with the command to obey.

Psalm 119:160 Related theme

Psalm 119:160 declares that God's righteous rules endure forever, adding a theological foundation for why they must be obeyed.

Psalm 119:164 Related theme

Psalm 119:164 shows the psalmist praising God seven times a day for His rules, offering a response of worship to the same laws.

Psalm 19:8–11 Related theme

Psalm 19:8-11 praises God's statutes as desirable, rewarding, and life-giving — complementing the command to keep them.