Exodus 22:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

the 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.

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Referenced Verses

Heb 6:16 : 16 For men {G3303} swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
Exod 22:8 : 8 If 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.
Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Lev 5:1 : 1 And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter [it], then he shall bear his iniquity.
Lev 6:3 : 3 or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie; in any of all these things that a man doeth, sinning therein;
1 Kgs 2:42-43 : 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not adjure thee by Jehovah, and protest unto thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The saying that I have heard is good. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 22:12-15
4 verses
86%
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.
15If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.
Exod 22:3-10
8 verses
83%
3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
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.
6If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
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:
Lev 6:4-5
2 verses
75%
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,
5or any thing about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto: unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being found guilty.
Exod 21:34-36
3 verses
75%
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.
Exod 22:1
75%
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.
Lev 6:2
74%
2If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor,
Deut 22:1-3
3 verses
74%
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.
1 Sam 12:4
73%
4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Lev 25:14
73%
14And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.
Lev 19:11
73%
11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.
1 Kgs 8:31
73%
31If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before thine altar in this house;
Deut 19:14
73%
14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.
2 Chr 6:22
72%
22If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before thine altar in this house;
Prov 22:27
72%
27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Deut 24:11-13
3 verses
72%
11Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.
12And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
13thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
Num 30:2
72%
2When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Ezek 18:7-8
2 verses
72%
7and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
8he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,
Exod 22:26
72%
26If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
Lev 27:10
72%
10He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
Job 20:18
72%
18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
Lev 5:4
71%
4Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these [things].
Exod 21:30
71%
30If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
Exod 20:16
71%
16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Lev 27:33
71%
33He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
Lev 24:18-19
2 verses
71%
18And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.
19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:
1 Sam 24:12
71%
12Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
Lev 24:21
71%
21And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.
Ezek 17:18
71%
18For he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things; he shall not escape.
Lev 19:13
71%
13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Ezek 18:16
71%
16neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Lev 25:27
70%
27then let him reckon the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.