Exodus 22:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 10:19 : 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.
  • Exod 23:9 : 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.
  • Lev 19:33 : 33 And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;
  • Zech 7:10 : 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.
  • Mal 3:5 : 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.
  • Deut 23:7 : 7 But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.
  • Jer 7:6 : 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:
  • Lev 25:35 : 35 And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.
  • Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
  • Deut 15:15 : 15 And keep in mind that you yourself were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: so I give you this order today.
  • Jer 22:3 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:9
    91%

    9Do 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.

  • Lev 19:33-35
    3 verses
    88%

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

    34Let 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.

    35Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

  • Deut 10:18-19
    2 verses
    86%

    18Judging 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.

    19So 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.

  • Exod 22:22-23
    2 verses
    81%

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

    23If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;

  • Deut 23:7
    78%

    7But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.

  • Deut 24:14
    78%

    14Do 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.

  • Jer 7:6
    78%

    6If 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:

  • Lev 25:17
    77%

    17And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 24:22
    76%

    22You 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.

  • Deut 24:17-22
    6 verses
    76%

    17Be 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:

    18But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this.

    19When 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.

    20When 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.

    21When 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.

    22Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this.

  • Deut 23:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:

    16Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.

  • Num 15:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15There is to be one law for you and for the man of another country living with you, one law for ever from generation to generation; as you are, so is he to be before the Lord.

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

  • Ezek 22:29
    73%

    29The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.

  • Lev 25:14
    72%

    14And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

  • Lev 25:43
    72%

    43Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

  • Ezek 22:7
    72%

    7In 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.

  • Zech 7:10
    72%

    10Do 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.

  • Lev 18:26
    72%

    26So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

  • Ps 81:9
    72%

    9There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

  • Num 9:14
    71%

    14And if a man from another country is among you and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let him do as is ordered in the law of the Passover: there is to be the same rule for the man from another nation and for him who had his birth in the land.

  • Lev 19:18
    71%

    18Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 18:3
    71%

    3You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.

  • Exod 12:49
    71%

    49The 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.

  • Num 20:15
    71%

    15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

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

  • Lev 19:15
    70%

    15Do 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.

  • Deut 16:12
    70%

    12And you will keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: and you will take care to keep all these laws.

  • Lev 25:45
    70%

    45And in addition, you may get, for money, servants from among the children of other nations who are living with you, and from their families which have come to birth in your land; and these will be your property.

  • Num 15:29
    70%

    29The law in connection with wrong done unconsciously is to be the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from another country who is living among them.

  • Exod 12:43
    70%

    43And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the Passover: no man who is not an Israelite is to take of it:

  • Lev 22:10
    70%

    10No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a guest in the priest's house, or a servant working for payment.

  • Lev 25:35
    70%

    35And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

  • Exod 22:25
    70%

    25If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

  • Deut 29:16
    70%

    16(For you have in mind how we were living in the land of Egypt; and how we came through all the nations which were on your way;

  • Lev 25:47
    70%

    47And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

  • Prov 5:10
    70%

    10And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

  • Deut 26:6
    69%

    6And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:

  • Lev 19:10
    69%

    10And 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.