Deuteronomy 23:16

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Do not hand over a slave who has escaped from his master and taken refuge with you.

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  • Exod 22:21 : 21 Do not afflict a widow or an orphan.
  • Exod 23:9 : 9 Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 16:3-4 : 3 Bring counsel and make a decision. Provide shade as if it were night, even at midday. Hide the outcasts; do not reveal the wanderers. 4 Let my outcasts live among you, O Moab. Be a shelter for them from the destroyer. For the oppressor will come to an end, destruction will cease, and those who trample others will disappear from the land.
  • Jer 7:6 : 6 if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or follow other gods, bringing harm upon yourselves,
  • Zech 7:10 : 10 Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • Luke 15:15-24 : 15 So he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger! 18 I will rise up and go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.’ 20 And he rose up and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran, embraced him, and kissed him. 21 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' 22 But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us eat and celebrate! 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
  • Titus 3:2-3 : 2 Speak evil of no one, avoid quarrels, be gentle, and show perfect courtesy to everyone. 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

    15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Deut 23:15
    79%

    15For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies into your hands. Your camp must be holy so that He will not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

  • Lev 19:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    33When a stranger resides with you in your land, do not mistreat them.

    34Treat the foreigner residing among you as your native-born and love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 14:27
    75%

    27And do not neglect the Levite living in your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

  • Exod 22:21
    75%

    21Do not afflict a widow or an orphan.

  • Exod 23:9
    74%

    9Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 25:39-41
    3 verses
    73%

    39If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

    40They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

    41Then they and their children are to be released, and they will return to their own family and to the property of their ancestors.

  • Deut 15:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16But if they say to you, 'I will not leave you,' because they love you and your household and are well off with you,

    17then take an awl and pierce their ear to the door, and they will become your servant for life. You shall do the same for your female servant.

  • Deut 16:11
    73%

    11Rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, the Levite in your towns, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow living among you, in the place the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.

  • Lev 25:43-45
    3 verses
    72%

    43Do not rule over them harshly, but fear your God.

    44Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.

    45You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your land, and they will become your property.

  • Lev 25:53
    72%

    53They are to be treated as a yearly hired worker while with their buyer, and they must not be ruled over harshly in your sight.

  • Deut 18:6
    72%

    6If a Levite comes from any of your towns anywhere in Israel where he resides, and he desires with all his heart to go to the place that the LORD chooses,

  • Deut 16:14
    72%

    14Be joyful at your festival—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns.

  • Lev 25:14
    72%

    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

  • Jer 7:6
    72%

    6if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or follow other gods, bringing harm upon yourselves,

  • Deut 15:14
    71%

    14Provide them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you.

  • Josh 20:4
    71%

    4The one who flees to one of these cities must stand at the entrance of the city gate and explain their case to the elders of that city. They should take the person into the city, provide a place for them to stay, and allow them to live among them.

  • Deut 16:5
    71%

    5You must not sacrifice the Passover offering in any of the towns that the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Lev 25:17
    71%

    17Do not take advantage of one another, but fear your God; I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 12:18
    70%

    18Instead, you are to eat these in the presence of the Lord your God, at the place the Lord your God will choose—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you undertake.

  • Deut 23:17
    70%

    17Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in whichever town he prefers. Do not oppress him.

  • Deut 14:29
    70%

    29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

  • Deut 23:7
    70%

    7You shall never pursue their peace or prosperity as long as you live.

  • Ezek 47:23
    70%

    23In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Num 15:16
    70%

    16The same instructions and the same rulings will apply for both you and the foreigner residing with you.

  • Lev 19:15
    70%

    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

  • Lev 25:35
    69%

    35If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner or temporary resident, so they can live among you.

  • Lev 18:26
    69%

    26But you are to keep my statutes and my judgments. Do not commit any of these abominations, whether you are a native-born or a foreigner residing among you.

  • Deut 12:12
    69%

    12You shall rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

  • Deut 15:12
    69%

    12If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year, you must set them free.

  • Lev 24:22
    69%

    22You are to have the same law for both the foreigner and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 22:25
    69%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

  • Exod 21:2
    69%

    2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he shall go free, without any payment.

  • Deut 15:7
    69%

    7If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

  • Exod 23:6
    69%

    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Prov 22:22
    69%

    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.

  • Deut 24:17
    69%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Deut 17:15
    69%

    15be sure to appoint a king the LORD your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not an Israelite.

  • Lev 25:47
    69%

    47If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,

  • Deut 26:11
    69%

    11Then you shall rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given you and your household—you, the Levite, and the foreigner residing among you.

  • Deut 19:14
    68%

    14Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established by the ancestors, in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

  • Lev 25:6
    68%

    6During this Sabbath of the land, all its produce will be food for you—for yourself, your servants, your hired workers, and the resident foreigners who live among you,

  • Exod 12:49
    68%

    49The same law applies to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.