Leviticus 19:14
Good News Translation
Do not curse the deaf or put something in front of the blind so as to make them stumble over it. Obey me; I am the LORD your God.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall not revile the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind; you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
I am the LORD your God, and I command you not to make fun of the deaf or to cause a blind person to stumble.

New American Bible
You shall not insult the deaf, or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind: but thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, because I am the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind: but thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, because I am the Lord.

not curse

Deuteronomy 27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Romans 12:14 Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Romans 14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more. But judge this rather, that you put not a stumblingblock or a scandal in your brother's way.

1 Corinthians 8:8-13 But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more: nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less. . . .

1 Corinthians 10:32 Be without offence to the Jew, and to the Gentiles and to the church of God:

Revelation 2:14 But I have against thee a few things: because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat and to commit fornication.

fear

Leviticus 19:32 Rise up before the hoary head, and honour the person of the aged man: and fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 25:17 Do not afflict your countrymen: but let every one fear his God. Because I am the Lord your God.

Genesis 42:18 And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live: for I fear God.

Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me, were chargeable to the people, and took of them in bread, and wine, and in money every day forty sicles: and their officers also oppressed the people. But I did not so for the fear of God.

1 Peter 1:17 And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one's work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.

1 Peter 2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

Context
Love Your Neighbor
13Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour, nor oppress him by violence. The wages of him that hath been hired by thee shall not abide with thee until the morning. 14Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind: but thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, because I am the Lord.15Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor: nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:18
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Leviticus 19:15
Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor: nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.

Leviticus 19:13
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