Exodus 22:21

American Standard Version (1901)

And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

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  • Deut 10:19 : 19 Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 23:9 : 9 And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
  • Lev 19:33 : 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.
  • Zech 7:10 : 10 and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
  • Deut 23:7 : 7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a sojourner in his land.
  • Jer 7:6 : 6 if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
  • Lev 25:35 : 35 And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: [as] a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.
  • Exod 20:2 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  • Deut 15:15 : 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:9
    91%

    9And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 19:33-35
    3 verses
    88%

    33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.

    34The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

    35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

  • Deut 10:18-19
    2 verses
    86%

    18He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.

    19Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 22:22-23
    2 verses
    81%

    22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

    23If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

  • Deut 23:7
    78%

    7Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a sojourner in his land.

  • Deut 24:14
    78%

    14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

  • Jer 7:6
    78%

    6if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

  • Lev 25:17
    77%

    17And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.

  • Lev 24:22
    76%

    22Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 24:17-22
    6 verses
    76%

    17Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;

    18but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

    19When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

    20When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

    21When thou gatherest [the grapes of] thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

    22And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

  • Deut 23:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee:

    16he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

  • Num 15:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth [with you], a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah.

    16One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

  • Ezek 22:29
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    29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

  • Lev 25:14
    72%

    14And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

  • Lev 25:43
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    43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

  • Ezek 22:7
    72%

    7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

  • Zech 7:10
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    10and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

  • Lev 18:26
    72%

    26Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you;

  • Ps 81:9
    72%

    9There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

  • Num 9:14
    71%

    14And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land.

  • Lev 19:18
    71%

    18Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

  • Lev 18:3
    71%

    3After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.

  • Exod 12:49
    71%

    49One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

  • Num 20:15
    71%

    15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

  • Lev 19:15
    70%

    15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

  • Deut 16:12
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    12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

  • Lev 25:45
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    45Moreover of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land: and they shall be your possession.

  • Num 15:29
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    29Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

  • Exod 12:43
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    43And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof;

  • Lev 22:10
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    10There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest's, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  • Lev 25:35
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    35And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: [as] a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

  • Exod 22:25
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    25If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • Deut 29:16
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    16(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;

  • Lev 25:47
    70%

    47And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family;

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    10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,

  • Deut 26:6
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    6And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

  • Lev 19:10
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    10And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.