Exodus 22:21

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Do not afflict a widow or an orphan.

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  • Deut 10:19 : 19 You are also to love the foreigner, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  • 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.
  • Lev 19:33 : 33 When a stranger resides with you in your land, do not mistreat them.
  • 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.
  • Deut 23:7 : 7 You shall never pursue their peace or prosperity as long as you live.
  • 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,
  • Lev 25:35 : 35 If 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.
  • Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  • Deut 15:15 : 15 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I am giving you this command today.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:9
    91%

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

  • Lev 19:33-35
    3 verses
    88%

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

    34 Treat 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.

    35 Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity.

  • Deut 10:18-19
    2 verses
    86%

    18 He ensures justice for the fatherless and the widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

    19 You are also to love the foreigner, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 22:22-23
    2 verses
    81%

    22 If you do afflict them and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.

    23 My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.

  • Deut 23:7
    78%

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

  • Deut 24:14
    78%

    14 Do 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.

  • Jer 7:6
    78%

    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,

  • Lev 25:17
    77%

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

  • Lev 24:22
    76%

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

  • Deut 24:17-22
    6 verses
    76%

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

    18 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

    19 When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

    20 When you beat your olive trees, do not go over the branches again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

    21 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

    22 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.

  • Deut 23:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 For 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.

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

  • Num 15:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 The same law applies to the congregation and the foreigner residing among you. It is a perpetual statute for your future generations. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord.

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

  • Ezek 22:29
    73%

    29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

  • Lev 25:14
    72%

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

  • Lev 25:43
    72%

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

  • Ezek 22:7
    72%

    7 Within you, they have treated father and mother with contempt; they have oppressed the foreigner in your midst; they have wronged the orphan and the widow.

  • Zech 7:10
    72%

    10 Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'

  • Lev 18:26
    72%

    26 But 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.

  • Ps 81:9
    72%

    9 Hear, my people, and I will warn you—if you would only listen to me, Israel!

  • Num 9:14
    71%

    14 If a foreigner resides with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he must do so according to its statute and its ordinance. There shall be one statute for both you and the foreigner who resides among you.

  • Lev 19:18
    71%

    18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 18:3
    71%

    3 You must not behave like the people of Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their practices.

  • Exod 12:49
    71%

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

  • Num 20:15
    71%

    15 Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

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

  • Lev 19:15
    70%

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

  • Deut 16:12
    70%

    12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these decrees.

  • Lev 25:45
    70%

    45 You 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.

  • Num 15:29
    70%

    29 The same law applies to both the native-born Israelites and the foreigner who lives among them for anyone who sins unintentionally.

  • Exod 12:43
    70%

    43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

  • Lev 22:10
    70%

    10 No outsider is to eat the holy food. A guest of the priest or a hired servant must not eat the holy food.

  • Lev 25:35
    70%

    35 If 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.

  • Exod 22:25
    70%

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

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

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

  • Deut 29:16
    70%

    16 You saw their detestable things and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold that were among them.

  • Lev 25:47
    70%

    47 If 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,

  • Prov 5:10
    70%

    10 Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.

  • Deut 26:6
    69%

    6 But the Egyptians mistreated us, oppressed us, and subjected us to harsh labor.

  • Lev 19:10
    69%

    10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.