Ezekiel 22:7
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.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
KJV1611 – Modern English
In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
In thee have they set light{H7043} by father{H1} and mother;{H517} in the midst{H8432} of thee have they dealt{H6213} by oppression{H6233} with the sojourner;{H1616} in thee have they wronged{H3238} the fatherless{H3490} and the widow.{H490}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
In thee have they set light{H7043}{(H8689)} by father{H1} and mother{H517}: in the midst{H8432} of thee have they dealt{H6213}{(H8804)} by oppression{H6233} with the stranger{H1616}: in thee have they vexed{H3238}{(H8689)} the fatherless{H3490} and the widow{H490}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the haue they despised father & mother, in the haue they oppressed the strauger, in the haue they vexed the wyddowe & the fatherlesse.
Geneva Bible (1560)
In thee haue they despised father and mother: in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widowe.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
In thee haue they dispised father and mother, in thee haue they oppressed the straunger, in thee haue they vexed the widowe and the fatherlesse.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Webster's Bible (1833)
In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.
American Standard Version (1901)
In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
American Standard Version (1901)
In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.
Referenced Verses
- Exod 22:21-22 : 21 Do not afflict a widow or an orphan. 22 If you do afflict them and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.
- Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- Lev 20:9 : 9 Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.
- 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.
- 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,
- Ezek 18:12 : 12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things,
- Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.
- Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to honor their father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
- Mark 7:10 : 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.'
- Deut 5:16 : 16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well for you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
- Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Exod 21:17 : 17 Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.
- Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.
- Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate. 23 For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.
- Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
- Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Ezek 22:8-136 verses82%
8 You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.
9 The men in you who slander for the purpose of shedding blood eat at the high places; they commit lewdness in your midst.
10 In you, they have dishonored their fathers' nakedness; they have violated women during their impurity.
11 One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.
12 In you, they accept bribes to shed blood; they take interest and increase unlawfully. You have gained profit in extorting your neighbors, and you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
13 See, I will strike my hands together in anger at the dishonest gain you have made and the bloodshed that has been done in your midst.
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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,
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29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.
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6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
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9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
- Exod 22:22-243 verses80%
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.
24 If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you must not act as a creditor to him; do not charge him interest.
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2 They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.
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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.
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6 See, the princes of Israel, each one by his own might, have been in you to shed blood.
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23 Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them.
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10 Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'
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19 Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
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17 Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.
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7 'They trample on the dust of the earth on the heads of the poor and obstruct the way of the afflicted. A man and his father go to the same girl, so that they profane My holy name.'
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28 They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.
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27 You would even cast lots over the fatherless and barter away your friend.
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17 For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns. It sets the thickets of the forest ablaze, and they roll upward in columns of smoke.
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9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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11 On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
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14 But You have seen; for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it by Your hand. The helpless entrusts themselves to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
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9 You drive the women of my people out of their pleasant homes. You take away my splendor from their children forever.
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20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me,' declares the LORD.
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3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as security.
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3 We have become orphans, without a father; our mothers are like widows.
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17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.
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11 Leave your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in me.
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12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things,
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7 When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in My sanctuary and profane it—My house—by offering My food, the fat, and the blood, you broke My covenant with all your abominations.
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5 The people will oppress one another—man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will act arrogantly toward the elderly, and the dishonored against the honored.
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9 They snatch the orphan from the breast and take the poor as a pledge.
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17 Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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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.
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14 The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of His people: 'It is you who have ruined the vineyard; the plunder taken from the poor is in your houses.'
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17 Learn to do what is good; seek justice, correct the oppressor. Defend the cause of the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.
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4 For they have abandoned Me and made this place foreign. They have burned incense here to other gods—gods that neither they, their ancestors, nor the kings of Judah have known. And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
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11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
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9 The LORD protects the sojourners; he sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the way of the wicked.
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9 So I have also made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.
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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.
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18 He ensures justice for the fatherless and the widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
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37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, passing them through the fire as food for their idols.
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21 You slaughtered my children and offered them up by making them pass through fire to these idols.
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7 How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by false gods. I satisfied them, but they committed adultery and gathered at the houses of prostitutes.