Verse 3
Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Execute{H6213} ye justice{H4941} and righteousness,{H6666} and deliver{H5337} him that is robbed{H1497} out of the hand{H3027} of the oppressor:{H6216} and do no wrong,{H3238} do no violence,{H2554} to the sojourner,{H1616} the fatherless,{H3490} nor the widow;{H490} neither shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in this place.{H4725}
Referenced Verses
- Jer 21:12 : 12 O house{H1004} of David,{H1732} thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Execute{H1777} justice{H4941} in the morning,{H1242} and deliver{H5337} him that is robbed{H1497} out of the hand{H3027} of the oppressor,{H6231} lest my wrath{H2534} go forth{H3318} like fire,{H784} and burn{H1197} so that none can quench{H3518} it, because{H6440} of the evil{H7455} of your doings.{H4611}
- Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thy heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness,{H1215} and for shedding{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood,{H1818} and for oppression,{H6233} and for violence,{H4835} to do{H6213} it.
- Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light{H7043} by father{H1} and mother;{H517} in the midst{H8432} of thee have they dealt{H6213} by oppression{H6233} with the sojourner;{H1616} in thee have they wronged{H3238} the fatherless{H3490} and the widow.{H490}
- Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath showed{H5046} thee, O man,{H120} what is good;{H2896} and what doth Jehovah{H3068} require{H1875} of thee, but to do{H6213} justly,{H4941} and to love{H160} kindness,{H2617} and to walk{H3212} humbly{H6800} with thy God?{H430}
- Zech 7:9-9 : 9 Thus hath Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} spoken,{H559} saying,{H559} Execute{H8199} true{H571} judgment,{H4941} and show{H6213} kindness{H2617} and compassion{H7356} every man{H376} to his brother;{H251} 10 and oppress{H6231} not the widow,{H490} nor the fatherless,{H3490} the sojourner,{H1616} nor the poor;{H6041} and let none of you devise{H2803} evil{H7451} against{H376} his brother{H251} in your heart.{H3824} 11 But they refused{H3985} to hearken,{H7181} and pulled away{H5414} the shoulder,{H3802} and stopped{H3513} their ears,{H241} that they might not hear.{H8085}
- Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126} to you to judgment;{H4941} and I will be a swift{H4116} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers,{H3784} and against the adulterers,{H5003} and against the false{H8267} swearers,{H7650} and against those that oppress{H6231} the hireling{H7916} in his wages,{H7939} the widow,{H490} and the fatherless,{H3490} and that turn aside{H5186} the sojourner{H1616} [from his right], and fear{H3372} not me, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
- Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure{G2513} religion{G2356} and{G2532} undefiled{G283} before{G3844} our God{G2316} and{G2532} Father{G3962} is{G2076} this,{G3778} to visit{G1980} the fatherless{G3737} and{G2532} widows{G5503} in{G1722} their{G846} affliction,{G2347} [and] to keep{G5083} oneself{G1438} unspotted{G784} from{G575} the world.{G2889}
- Joel 3:19 : 19 Egypt{H4714} shall be a desolation,{H8077} and Edom{H123} shall be a desolate{H8077} wilderness,{H4057} for the violence{H2555} done to the children{H1121} of Judah,{H3063} because they have shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in their land.{H776}
- Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads{H7218} thereof judge{H8199} for reward,{H7810} and the priests{H3548} thereof teach{H3384} for hire,{H4242} and the prophets{H5030} thereof divine{H7080} for money:{H3701} yet they lean{H8172} upon Jehovah,{H3068} and say,{H559} Is not Jehovah{H3068} in the midst{H7130} of us? no evil{H7451} shall come{H935} upon us.
- Jer 26:16 : 16 Then said{H559} the princes{H8269} and all the people{H5971} unto the priests{H3548} and to the prophets:{H5030} This man{H376} is not worthy{H4941} of death;{H4194} for he hath spoken{H1696} to us in the name{H8034} of Jehovah{H3068} our God.{H430}
- Exod 22:22 : 22 Ye shall not afflict{H6031} any widow,{H490} or fatherless child.{H3490}
- Exod 23:6-9 : 6 Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} the justice{H4941} [due] to thy poor{H34} in his cause.{H7379} 7 Keep thee far{H7368} from a false{H8267} matter;{H1697} and the innocent{H5355} and righteous{H6662} slay{H2026} thou not: for I will not justify{H6663} the wicked.{H7563} 8 And thou shalt take{H3947} no bribe:{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} blindeth{H5786} them that have sight,{H6493} and perverteth{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662} 9 And a sojourner{H1616} shalt thou not oppress:{H3905} for ye know{H3045} the heart{H5315} of a sojourner,{H1616} seeing{H3588} ye were sojourners{H1616} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
- Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do{H6213} no unrighteousness{H5766} in judgment:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5375} the person{H6440} of the poor,{H1800} nor honor{H1921} the person{H6440} of the mighty;{H1419} but in righteousness{H6664} shalt thou judge{H8199} thy neighbor.{H5997}
- Deut 10:18 : 18 He doth execute{H6213} justice{H4941} for the fatherless{H3490} and widow,{H490} and loveth{H157} the sojourner,{H1616} in giving{H5414} him food{H3899} and raiment.{H8071}
- Deut 16:18-20 : 18 Judges{H8199} and officers{H7860} shalt thou make{H5414} thee in all thy gates,{H8179} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, according to thy tribes;{H7626} and they shall judge{H8199} the people{H5971} with righteous{H6664} judgment.{H4941} 19 Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} justice:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5234} persons;{H6440} neither shalt thou take{H3947} a bribe;{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} doth blind{H5786} the eyes{H5869} of the wise,{H2450} and pervert{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662} 20 That which is altogether{H6664} just{H6664} shalt thou follow,{H7291} that thou mayest live,{H2421} and inherit{H3423} the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee.
- Deut 19:10-13 : 10 that innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} be not shed{H8210} in{H7130} the midst of thy land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance,{H5159} and so blood{H1818} be upon thee. 11 But if any man{H376} hate{H8130} his neighbor,{H7453} and lie in wait{H693} for him, and rise up{H6965} against him, and smite{H5221} him mortally{H5315} so that he dieth,{H4191} and he flee{H5127} into one{H259} of these{H411} cities;{H5892} 12 then the elders{H2205} of his city{H5892} shall send{H7971} and fetch{H3947} him thence, and deliver{H5414} him into the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} that he may die.{H4191} 13 Thine eye{H5869} shall not pity{H2347} him, but thou shalt put away{H1197} the innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} from Israel,{H3478} that it may go well{H2895} with thee.
- Deut 24:7 : 7 If a man{H376} be found{H4672} stealing{H1589} any{H5315} of his brethren{H251} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and he deal{H6014} with him as a slave, or sell{H4376} him; then that thief{H1590} shall die:{H4191} so shalt thou put{H1197} away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from the midst{H7130} of thee.
- Deut 25:1 : 1 If there be a controversy{H7379} between men,{H582} and they come{H5066} unto judgment,{H4941} and [the judges] judge{H8199} them; then they shall justify{H6663} the righteous,{H6662} and condemn{H7561} the wicked;{H7563}
- Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed{H779} be he that wresteth{H5186} the justice{H4941} [due] to the sojourner,{H1616} fatherless,{H3490} and widow.{H490} And all the people{H5971} shall say,{H559} Amen.{H543}
- 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God{H430} of Israel{H3478} said,{H559} The Rock{H6697} of Israel{H3478} spake{H1696} to me: One that ruleth{H4910} over men{H120} righteously,{H6662} That ruleth{H4910} in the fear{H3374} of God,{H430}
- 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 and also for the innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} that he shed;{H8210} for he filled{H4390} Jerusalem{H3389} with innocent{H5355} blood:{H1818} and Jehovah{H3068} would{H14} not pardon.{H5545}
- Job 22:9 : 9 Thou hast sent{H7971} widows{H490} away empty,{H7387} And the arms{H2220} of the fatherless{H3490} have been broken.{H1792}
- Job 24:9 : 9 There are that pluck{H1497} the fatherless{H3490} from the breast,{H7699} And take a pledge{H2254} of the poor;{H6041}
- Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went forth{H3318} to the gate{H8179} unto the city,{H7176} When I prepared{H3559} my seat{H4186} in the street,{H7339} 8 The young men{H5288} saw{H7200} me and hid{H2244} themselves, And the aged{H3453} rose up{H6965} and stood;{H5975} 9 The princes{H8269} refrained{H6113} from talking,{H4405} And laid{H7760} their hand{H3709} on their mouth;{H6310} 10 The voice{H2244} of the nobles{H5057} was hushed,{H6963} And their tongue{H3956} cleaved{H1692} to the roof of their mouth.{H2441} 11 For when the ear{H241} heard{H8085} [me], then it blessed{H833} me; And when the eye{H5869} saw{H7200} [me], it gave witness{H5749} unto me: 12 Because I delivered{H4422} the poor{H6041} that cried,{H7768} The fatherless{H3490} also, that had none to help{H5826} him. 13 The blessing{H1293} of him that was ready to perish{H6} came{H935} upon me; And I caused the widow's{H490} heart{H3820} to sing for joy.{H7442} 14 I put{H3847} on righteousness,{H6664} and it clothed{H3847} me: My justice{H4941} was as a robe{H4598} and a diadem.{H6797} 15 I was eyes{H5869} to the blind,{H5787} And feet{H7272} was I to the lame.{H6455} 16 I was a father{H1} to the needy:{H34} And the cause{H7379} of him that I knew{H3045} not I searched out.{H2713} 17 And I brake{H7665} the jaws{H4973} of the unrighteous,{H5767} And plucked{H7993} the prey{H2964} out of his teeth.{H8127}
- Ps 68:5 : 5 A father{H1} of the fatherless,{H3490} and a judge{H1781} of the widows,{H490} Is God{H430} in his holy{H6944} habitation.{H4583}
- Ps 72:2-4 : 2 He will judge{H1777} thy people{H5971} with righteousness,{H6664} And thy poor{H6041} with justice.{H4941} 3 The mountains{H2022} shall bring{H5375} peace{H7965} to the people,{H5971} And the hills,{H1389} in righteousness.{H6666} 4 He will judge{H8199} the poor{H6041} of the people,{H5971} He will save{H3467} the children{H1121} of the needy,{H34} And will break in pieces{H1792} the oppressor.{H6231}
- Ps 94:6 : 6 They slay{H2026} the widow{H490} and the sojourner,{H1616} And murder{H7523} the fatherless.{H3490}
- Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather themselves together{H1413} against the soul{H5315} of the righteous,{H6662} And condemn{H7561} the innocent{H5355} blood.{H1818}
- Prov 6:17 : 17 Haughty{H7311} eyes,{H5869} a lying{H8267} tongue,{H3956} And hands{H3027} that shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood;{H1818}
- Prov 23:10 : 10 Remove{H5253} not the ancient{H5769} landmark;{H1366} And enter{H935} not into the fields{H7704} of the fatherless:{H3490}
- Isa 1:15-20 : 15 And when ye spread forth{H6566} your hands,{H3709} I will hide{H5956} mine eyes{H5869} from you; yea, when ye make many{H7235} prayers,{H8605} I will not hear:{H8085} your hands{H3027} are full{H4390} of blood.{H1818} 16 Wash{H7364} you, make you clean;{H2135} put away{H5493} the evil{H7455} of your doings{H4611} from before{H5048} mine eyes;{H5869} cease{H2308} to do evil;{H7489} 17 learn{H3925} to do well;{H3190} seek{H1875} justice,{H4941} relieve{H833} the oppressed,{H2541} judge{H8199} the fatherless,{H3490} plead{H7378} for the widow.{H490} 18 Come now,{H3212} and let us reason together,{H3198} saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} though your sins{H2399} be as scarlet,{H8144} they shall be as white{H3835} as snow;{H7950} though they be red{H119} like crimson,{H8438} they shall be as wool.{H6785} 19 If ye be willing{H14} and obedient,{H8085} ye shall eat{H398} the good{H2898} of the land:{H776} 20 but if ye refuse{H3985} and rebel,{H4784} ye shall be devoured{H398} with the sword;{H2719} for the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} it.
- Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes{H8269} are rebellious,{H5637} and companions{H2270} of thieves;{H1590} every one loveth{H157} bribes,{H7810} and followeth{H7291} after rewards:{H8021} they judge{H8199} not the fatherless,{H3490} neither doth the cause{H7379} of the widow{H490} come{H935} unto them.
- Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat,{H8080} they shine:{H6245} yea, they overpass{H5674} in deeds{H1697} of wickedness;{H7451} they plead{H1777} not the cause,{H1779} the cause of the fatherless,{H3490} that they may prosper;{H6743} and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge.{H8199}
- Jer 7:5-6 : 5 For if ye thoroughly{H3190} amend{H3190} your ways{H1870} and your doings;{H4611} if ye thoroughly{H6213} execute{H6213} justice{H4941} between a man{H376} and his neighbor;{H7453} 6 if ye oppress{H6231} not the sojourner,{H1616} the fatherless,{H3490} and the widow,{H490} and shed{H8210} not innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in this place,{H4725} neither walk{H3212} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} to your own hurt:{H7451}
- Jer 9:24 : 24 but let him that glorieth{H1984} glory{H1984} in this, that he hath understanding,{H7919} and knoweth{H3045} me, that I am Jehovah{H3068} who exerciseth{H6213} lovingkindness,{H2617} justice,{H4941} and righteousness,{H6666} in the earth:{H776} for in these things I delight,{H2654} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}