Exodus 23:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

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  • Deut 22:1-4 : 1 ¶ Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother [be] not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift [them] up again.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none render evil for evil unto any [man]; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all [men].
  • Prov 25:21 : 21 ¶ If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 ‹But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;›
  • Luke 6:27-28 : 27 ¶ ‹But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,› 28 ‹Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.›
  • Rom 12:17-21 : 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • Job 31:29-30 : 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
  • Prov 24:17-18 : 17 ¶ Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:5-6
    2 verses
    87%

    5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

    6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

  • Deut 22:1-4
    4 verses
    83%

    1 ¶ Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

    2 And if thy brother [be] not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

    3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

    4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift [them] up again.

  • Exod 22:7-14
    8 verses
    79%

    7 ¶ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

    8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, [to see] whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

    9 For all manner of trespass, [whether it be] for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, which [another] challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; [and] whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

    10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing [it]:

    11 [Then] shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept [thereof], and he shall not make [it] good.

    12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

    13 If it be torn in pieces, [then] let him bring it [for] witness, [and] he shall not make good that which was torn.

    14 And if a man borrow [ought] of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof [being] not with it, he shall surely make [it] good.

  • Exod 22:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

    5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

  • Deut 28:31
    75%

    31 Thine ox [shall be] slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass [shall be] violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep [shall be] given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue [them].

  • Exod 22:1
    73%

    1 ¶ If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

  • Exod 21:32-36
    5 verses
    73%

    32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

    33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

    34 The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.

    35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead [ox] also they shall divide.

    36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

  • Deut 22:10
    73%

    10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

  • Exod 23:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.

    12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

  • Prov 25:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 ¶ If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

    22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

  • Deut 25:4
    71%

    4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].

  • Num 22:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because [thy] way is perverse before me:

    33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.

  • Exod 34:20
    69%

    20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem [him] not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

  • Lev 25:14
    69%

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

  • Exod 23:3
    69%

    3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

  • Prov 24:17
    68%

    17 ¶ Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

  • Num 22:23
    68%

    23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

  • Rom 12:20
    68%

    20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

  • Job 24:3
    68%

    3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

  • Prov 24:29
    68%

    29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

  • Lev 6:4
    68%

    4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

  • Lev 24:18
    68%

    18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

  • 1 Sam 8:16
    68%

    16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work.

  • Prov 27:23
    68%

    23 ¶ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

  • 1 Kgs 13:28
    68%

    28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

  • Deut 24:14
    67%

    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:

  • Matt 5:42-43
    2 verses
    67%

    42 ‹Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.›

    43 ¶ ‹Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.›

  • Deut 23:15
    67%

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

  • Exod 22:30
    67%

    30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

  • Isa 30:24
    67%

    24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.