Exodus 23:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

If thou meete thine enemies oxe, or his asse going astray, thou shalt bring him to him againe.

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  • Deut 22:1-4 : 1 Thou shalt not see thy brothers oxe nor his sheepe go astray, & withdraw thy selfe from them, but shalt bring the againe vnto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother bee not neere vnto thee, or if thou knowe him not, then thou shalt bring it into thine house, and it shal remaine with thee, vntill thy brother seeke after it: then shalt thou deliuer it to him againe. 3 In like maner shalt thou do with his asse, and so shalt thou do with his rayment, & shalt so doe with all lost things of thy brother, which he hath lost: if thou hast found them, thou shalt not withdraw thy selfe from them. 4 Thou shalt not see thy brothers asse nor his oxe fal downe by the way, and withdrawe thy selfe from them, but shalt lift them vp with him.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer folow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.
  • Prov 25:21 : 21 If hee that hateth thee be hungry, giue him bread to eate, and if he be thirstie, giue him water to drinke.
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies: blesse them that curse you: doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,
  • Luke 6:27-28 : 27 But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you. 28 Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.
  • Rom 12:17-21 : 17 Recompence to no man euill for euill: procure things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it bee possible, as much as in you is, haue peace with all men. 19 Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but giue place vnto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore, if thine enemie hunger, feede him: if he thirst, giue him drinke: for in so doing, thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head. 21 Bee not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with goodnesse.
  • Job 31:29-30 : 29 If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him, 30 Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.
  • Prov 24:17-18 : 17 Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth, 18 Least the Lorde see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:5-6
    2 verses
    87%

    5If thou see thine enemies asse lying vnder his burden, wilt thou cease to helpe him? Thou shalt helpe him vp againe with it.

    6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

  • Deut 22:1-4
    4 verses
    83%

    1Thou shalt not see thy brothers oxe nor his sheepe go astray, & withdraw thy selfe from them, but shalt bring the againe vnto thy brother.

    2And if thy brother bee not neere vnto thee, or if thou knowe him not, then thou shalt bring it into thine house, and it shal remaine with thee, vntill thy brother seeke after it: then shalt thou deliuer it to him againe.

    3In like maner shalt thou do with his asse, and so shalt thou do with his rayment, & shalt so doe with all lost things of thy brother, which he hath lost: if thou hast found them, thou shalt not withdraw thy selfe from them.

    4Thou shalt not see thy brothers asse nor his oxe fal downe by the way, and withdrawe thy selfe from them, but shalt lift them vp with him.

  • Exod 22:7-14
    8 verses
    79%

    7If a man deliuer his neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and it be stollen out of his house, if the thiefe be found, he shall pay the double.

    8If the thiefe be not founde, then the master of the house shalbe brought vnto the Iudges to sweare, whether he hath put his hande vnto his neighbours good, or no.

    9In all maner of trespasse, whether it bee for oxen, for asse, for sheepe, for raiment, or for any maner of lost thing, which an other chalengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shal come before the iudges, and whom the Iudges condemne, he shall pay the double vnto his neighbour.

    10If a man deliuer vnto his neighbour to keepe asse, or oxe, or sheepe, or any beast, and it die, or be hurt, or taken away by enemies, and no man see it,

    11An oth of the Lord shalbe betweene the twaine, that hee hath not put his hande vnto his neighbours good, and the owner of it shall take the othe, and he shall not make it good:

    12But if it be stollen fro him, he shal make restitution vnto the owner thereof.

    13If it be torne in pieces, he shall bring recorde, and shall not make that good, which is deuoured.

    14And if a man borow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or els die, the owner thereof not being by, he shal surely make it good.

  • Exod 22:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4If the theft bee founde with him, aliue, (whether it be oxe, asse, or sheepe) he shal restore the double.

    5If a man doe hurt fielde, or vineyarde, and put in his beast to feed in an other mans fielde, he shall recompence of the best of his owne fielde, and of the best of his owne vineyard.

  • Deut 28:31
    75%

    31Thine oxe shalbe slayne before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eate thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shalbe giuen vnto thine enemies, and no man shal rescue them for thee.

  • Exod 22:1
    73%

    1If a man steale an oxe or a sheepe, and kill it or sell it, he shal restore fiue oxen for the oxe, & foure sheepe for the sheepe.

  • Exod 21:32-36
    5 verses
    73%

    32If the oxe gore a seruant or a mayde, hee shal giue vnto their master thirtie shekels of siluer, and the oxe shalbe stoned.

    33And when a man shall open a well, or when he shall dig a pit and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein,

    34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money to the owners thereof, but the dead beast shalbe his.

    35And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shal sel the liue oxe, & deuide the money thereof, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.

    36Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in times past, & his master hath not kept him, he shal pay oxe for oxe, but the dead shall be his owne.

  • Deut 22:10
    73%

    10Thou shalt not plow with an oxe and an asse together.

  • Exod 23:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11But the seuenth yeere thou shalt let it rest and lie still, that the poore of thy people may eat, and what they leaue, the beastes of the fielde shal eate. In like maner thou shalt doe with thy vineyard, and with thine oliue trees.

    12Sixe dayes thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, that thine oxe, and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed.

  • Prov 25:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21If hee that hateth thee be hungry, giue him bread to eate, and if he be thirstie, giue him water to drinke.

    22For thou shalt lay coles vpon his head, and the Lord shall recompense thee.

  • Deut 25:4
    71%

    4Thou shalt not mousell the oxe that treadeth out the corne.

  • Num 22:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32And the Angel of the Lord said vnto him, Wherefore hast thou nowe smitten thine asse three times? beholde, I came out to withstande thee, because thy way is not straight before me.

    33But the asse sawe me, and turned fro me now three times: for els, if she had not turned fro me, surely I had euen nowe slaine thee, and saued her aliue.

  • Exod 34:20
    69%

    20But ye first of ye asse thou shalt bie out with a lambe: and if thou redeeme him not, then thou shalt breake his necke: all the first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou redeeme, and none shal appeare before me emptie.

  • Lev 25:14
    69%

    14And when thou sellest ought to thy neighbour, or byest at thy neighbours hande, ye shall not oppresse one another:

  • Exod 23:3
    69%

    3Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.

  • Prov 24:17
    68%

    17Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,

  • Num 22:23
    68%

    23And when the asse saw the Angel of the Lord stand in the way, and his sworde drawen in his hand, the asse turned out of the way and went into the field, but Balaam smote the asse, to turne her into the way.

  • Rom 12:20
    68%

    20Therefore, if thine enemie hunger, feede him: if he thirst, giue him drinke: for in so doing, thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.

  • Job 24:3
    68%

    3They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.

  • Prov 24:29
    68%

    29Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.

  • Lev 6:4
    68%

    4When, I say, he thus sinneth & trespasseth, he shall then restore the robbery that he robbed, or the thing taken by violence which hee tooke by force, or the thing which was deliuered him to keepe, or the lost thing which he founde,

  • Lev 24:18
    68%

    18And he that killeth a beast, he shal restore it, beast for beast.

  • 1 Sam 8:16
    68%

    16And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.

  • Prov 27:23
    68%

    23Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

  • 1 Kgs 13:28
    68%

    28And he went and founde his body cast in the way, and the asse and the lion stoode by the corps: and the lion had not eaten the bodie, nor torne the asse.

  • Deut 24:14
    67%

    14Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore, neyther of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates.

  • Matt 5:42-43
    2 verses
    67%

    42Giue to him that asketh, and from him that would borowe of thee, turne not away.

    43Ye haue heard that it hath bin said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate your enemie.

  • Deut 23:15
    67%

    15Thou shalt not deliuer the seruant vnto his master, which is escaped from his master vnto thee.

  • Exod 22:30
    67%

    30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen & with thy sheepe: seuen dayes it shall bee with his damme, and the eight day thou shalt giue it me.

  • Isa 30:24
    67%

    24The oxen also and the yong asses, that till the ground, shall eate cleane prouender, which is winowed with the shoouel and with the fanne.