Exodus 22:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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  • Deut 10:19 : 19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 23:9 : 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Lev 19:33 : 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
  • Zech 7:10 : 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Deut 23:7 : 7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he [is] thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
  • Jer 7:6 : 6 [If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
  • Lev 25:35 : 35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
  • Exod 20:2 : 2 I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  • Deut 15:15 : 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:9
    91%

    9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 19:33-35
    3 verses
    88%

    33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

    34[But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.

    35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

  • Deut 10:18-19
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    86%

    18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

    19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 22:22-23
    2 verses
    81%

    22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

    23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

  • Deut 23:7
    78%

    7Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he [is] thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

  • Deut 24:14
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    14¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:

  • Jer 7:6
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    6[If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

  • Lev 25:17
    77%

    17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Lev 24:22
    76%

    22Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Deut 24:17-22
    6 verses
    76%

    17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

    18But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

    19When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

    20When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

    21When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean [it] afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

    22And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

  • Deut 23:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15¶ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

    16He shall dwell with thee, [even] among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

  • Num 15:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15One ordinance [shall be both] for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth [with you], an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye [are], so shall the stranger be before the LORD.

    16One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

  • Ezek 22:29
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    29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

  • Lev 25:14
    72%

    14And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest [ought] of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

  • Lev 25:43
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    43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

  • Ezek 22:7
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    7In 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.

  • Zech 7:10
    72%

    10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

  • Lev 18:26
    72%

    26Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

  • Ps 81:9
    72%

    9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

  • Num 9:14
    71%

    14And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

  • Lev 19:18
    71%

    18Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.

  • Lev 18:3
    71%

    3After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

  • Exod 12:49
    71%

    49One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

  • Num 20:15
    71%

    15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

  • Exod 23:6
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    6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

  • Lev 19:15
    70%

    15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

  • Deut 16:12
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    12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

  • Lev 25:45
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    45Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

  • Num 15:29
    70%

    29Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, [both for] him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

  • Exod 12:43
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    43¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

  • Lev 22:10
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    10¶ There shall no stranger eat [of] the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat [of] the holy thing.

  • Lev 25:35
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    35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

  • Exod 22:25
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    25¶ If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22¶ Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • Deut 29:16
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    16(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

  • Lev 25:47
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    47And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother [that dwelleth] by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

  • Prov 5:10
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    10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;

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    6And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

  • Lev 19:10
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    10And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.