Exodus 22:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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  • Deut 10:19 : 19 Therefore love the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 23:9 : 9 Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Lev 19:33 : 33 And if a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.
  • Zech 7:10 : 10 And do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you plot evil against his brother in your heart.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Deut 23:7 : 7 You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land.
  • Jer 7:6 : 6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm;
  • Lev 25:35 : 35 And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he is a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with 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 bondage.
  • Deut 15:15 : 15 And you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus says the LORD; Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered 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%

    9 Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 19:33-35
    3 verses
    88%

    33 And if a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.

    34 But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

    35 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure.

  • Deut 10:18-19
    2 verses
    86%

    18 He executes the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.

    19 Therefore love the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 22:22-23
    2 verses
    81%

    22 You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

    23 If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

  • Deut 23:7
    78%

    7 You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land.

  • Deut 24:14
    78%

    14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is of your brethren or of the strangers that are in your land within your gates:

  • Jer 7:6
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    6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm;

  • Lev 25:17
    77%

    17 You shall not oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 24:22
    76%

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

  • Deut 24:17-22
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    76%

    17 You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:

    18 But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there: therefore I command you to do this thing.

    19 When you cut down your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

    20 When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

    21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

    22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.

  • Deut 23:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 You shall not deliver to his master the servant who has escaped from his master to you:

    16 He shall dwell with you, even among you, in that place which he chooses in one of your gates, where it pleases him best; you shall not oppress him.

  • Num 15:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 One ordinance shall be for you of the congregation and also for the stranger who lives with you, an ordinance forever in your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.

    16 One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who lives with you.

  • Ezek 22:29
    73%

    29 The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

  • Lev 25:14
    72%

    14 And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:

  • Lev 25:43
    72%

    43 You shall not rule over him with rigor; but shall fear your God.

  • Ezek 22:7
    72%

    7 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.

  • Zech 7:10
    72%

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

  • Lev 18:26
    72%

    26 You 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 who sojourns among you:

  • Ps 81:9
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    9 There shall be no strange god among you; nor shall you worship any foreign god.

  • Num 9:14
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    14 And if a stranger dwells among you, and desires to keep the Passover to the LORD; according to the ordinance of the Passover and according to its manner, so shall he do: you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and for him who was born in the land.

  • Lev 19:18
    71%

    18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 18:3
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    3 You shall not do according to the practices of the land of Egypt, where you lived; and you shall not do according to the practices of the land of Canaan, where I bring you; you shall not walk in their ordinances.

  • Exod 12:49
    71%

    49 One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.

  • Num 20:15
    71%

    15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6 You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Lev 19:15
    70%

    15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

  • Deut 16:12
    70%

    12 And you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

  • Lev 25:45
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    45 Moreover of the children of the strangers who dwell among you, from them shall you buy, and from their families that are with you, which they begot in your land: and they shall be your possession.

  • Num 15:29
    70%

    29 You shall have one law for him who sins through ignorance, both for him who is native among the children of Israel and for the stranger who lives among them.

  • Exod 12:43
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    43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 'This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat of it;

  • Lev 22:10
    70%

    10 No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a temporary resident of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  • Lev 25:35
    70%

    35 And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he is a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.

  • Exod 22:25
    70%

    25 If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

  • Deut 29:16
    70%

    16 (For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by;

  • Lev 25:47
    70%

    47 And if a sojourner or stranger becomes rich by you, and your brother that dwells by him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner by you, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

  • Prov 5:10
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    10 Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of a stranger;

  • Deut 26:6
    69%

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

  • Lev 19:10
    69%

    10 And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

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