Deuteronomy 10:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 146:9 : 9 The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
  • Ps 68:5 : 5 A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
  • Ps 103:6 : 6 The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.
  • Ps 145:9 : 9 The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.
  • Exod 22:22 : 22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.
  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
  • Jer 49:11 : 11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 10:19
    82%

    19 So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.

  • Deut 24:17
    80%

    17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Ps 146:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

    8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

    9 The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

  • Deut 14:29
    77%

    29 And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

  • Jer 7:6
    76%

    6 If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

  • Jer 22:3
    75%

    3 This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

  • Ps 68:5
    75%

    5 A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

  • Deut 27:19
    75%

    19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Lev 19:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    33 And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

    34 Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Deut 24:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19 When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

    20 When you are shaking the fruit from your olive-trees, do not go over the branches a second time: let some be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

    21 When you are pulling the grapes from your vines, do not take up those which have been dropped; let them be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

  • Deut 10:17
    74%

    17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:

  • Ps 94:6
    73%

    6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

  • Zech 7:10
    73%

    10 Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

  • Exod 22:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

    22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

  • Ezek 18:7
    73%

    7 And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

  • Ezek 18:16
    72%

    16 Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

  • Ezek 22:7
    72%

    7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • Deut 26:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.

    12 When you have taken out a tenth from the tenth of all your produce in the third year, which is the year when this has to be done, give it to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and the child without a father, and the widow, so that they may have food in your towns and be full;

  • Ps 103:6
    72%

    6 The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

  • Lev 24:22
    72%

    22 You are to have the same law for a man of another nation living among you as for an Israelite; for I am the Lord your God.

  • Ps 10:18
    72%

    18 To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

  • Exod 23:9
    72%

    9 Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.

  • Ps 82:3
    72%

    3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

  • Lev 19:15
    72%

    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • Job 22:9
    71%

    9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Isa 1:17
    71%

    17 Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

  • Jer 22:16
    71%

    16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Jer 49:11
    70%

    11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

  • Mal 3:5
    70%

    5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

  • Num 15:16
    70%

    16 The law and the rule are to be the same for you and for those from other lands living with you.

  • Deut 16:11
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    11 Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.

  • Ps 33:5
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    5 His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

  • Lev 19:10
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    10 And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.

  • Isa 58:7
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    7 Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

  • Deut 24:14
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    14 Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

  • Ps 10:14
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    14 You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

  • Prov 19:17
    69%

    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Lev 23:22
    69%

    22 And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain at the edges of the field be cut, and do not take up the grain which has been dropped in the field; let that be for the poor, and for the man from another country: I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 23:6
    69%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Deut 1:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

    17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

  • Exod 12:49
    69%

    49 The law is the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from a strange country who is living with you.