Exodus 23:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he that wresteth the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Exod 22:21 : 21 And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 10:19 : 19 Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 24:14-18 : 14 Thou 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: 15 in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge; 18 but 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.
  • Exod 21:21 : 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
  • Ps 94:6 : 6 They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In 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.
  • Matt 18:33 : 33 shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?
  • Heb 2:17-18 : 17 Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 22:21-22
    2 verses
    91%

    21And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

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

  • Deut 10:18-19
    2 verses
    87%

    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.

  • Lev 19:33-35
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    84%

    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 24:14
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    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:

  • Deut 23:7
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    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.

  • Jer 7:6
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    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:

  • Deut 24:17-19
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    75%

    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.

  • Lev 25:17
    75%

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

  • Lev 24:22
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    22Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 23:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 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.

  • Num 15:15-16
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    74%

    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.

  • Deut 24:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    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 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 25:14
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    14And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

  • Num 9:14
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    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.

  • Exod 23:10
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    10And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:

  • Ps 81:9
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    9There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

  • Exod 12:49
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    49One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

  • 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.

  • Prov 5:10
    71%

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

  • 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.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

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

  • Lev 18:26
    71%

    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;

  • Lev 19:15
    71%

    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 23:20
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    20unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

  • Lev 25:35
    70%

    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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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;

  • Exod 23:12
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    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.

  • 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.

  • Ezek 22:7
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    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.

  • 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.

  • Deut 15:9
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    9Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

  • Lev 18:3
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    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.

  • Lev 25:6
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    6And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger, who sojourn with thee.

  • Deut 14:29
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    29and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

  • 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 19:18
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    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.

  • Deut 28:43
    69%

    43The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.