Exodus 23:4

American Standard Version (1901)

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

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  • Deut 22:1-4 : 1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him. 3 And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself. 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.
  • Prov 25:21 : 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
  • Luke 6:27-28 : 27 But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, 28 bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
  • Rom 12:17-21 : 17 Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men. 19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath [of God] : for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. 20 But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • Job 31:29-30 : 29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him; 30 (Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
  • Prov 24:17-18 : 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; 18 Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:5-6
    2 verses
    87%

    5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release [it] with him.

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

  • Deut 22:1-4
    4 verses
    83%

    1Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother.

    2And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him.

    3And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself.

    4Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

  • Exod 22:7-14
    8 verses
    79%

    7If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double.

    8If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, [to see] whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.

    9For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor.

    10If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

    11the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

    12But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

    13If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.

    14And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

  • Exod 22:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall pay double.

    5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

  • Deut 28:31
    75%

    31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.

  • Exod 22:1
    73%

    1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

  • Exod 21:32-36
    5 verses
    73%

    32If the ox gore a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

    33And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,

    34the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead [beast] shall be his.

    35And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide.

    36Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead [beast] shall be his own.

  • Deut 22:10
    73%

    10Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

  • Exod 23:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.

    12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

  • Prov 25:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

    22For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee.

  • Deut 25:4
    71%

    4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the grain] .

  • Num 22:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me:

    33and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.

  • Exod 34:20
    69%

    20And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

  • Lev 25:14
    69%

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

  • Exod 23:3
    69%

    3neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

  • Prov 24:17
    68%

    17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

  • Num 22:23
    68%

    23And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

  • Rom 12:20
    68%

    20But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

  • Job 24:3
    68%

    3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.

  • Prov 24:29
    68%

    29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

  • Lev 6:4
    68%

    4then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

  • Lev 24:18
    68%

    18And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

  • 1 Sam 8:16
    68%

    16And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

  • Prov 27:23
    68%

    23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds:

  • 1 Kgs 13:28
    68%

    28And he went and found his body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the ass.

  • Deut 24:14
    67%

    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:

  • Matt 5:42-43
    2 verses
    67%

    42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

    43Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:

  • Deut 23:15
    67%

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

  • Exod 22:30
    67%

    30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

  • Isa 30:24
    67%

    24the oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.