Exodus 22:23

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 18:7 : 7 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Ps 18:6 : 6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.
  • Deut 15:9 : 9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.
  • Job 34:28 : 28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.
  • Job 35:9 : 9 “People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.
  • Ps 10:17-18 : 17 LORD, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer. 18 You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.
  • Ps 145:19 : 19 He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
  • Ps 146:7-9 : 7 vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the imprisoned. 8 The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly. 9 The LORD protects the resident foreigner; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court, 23 for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless, 11 for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.
  • Deut 24:15 : 15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  • Job 31:38-39 : 38 Job’s Final Solemn Oath“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together, 39 if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    21“You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

    22“You must not afflict any widow or orphan.

  • Exod 22:24-25
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    79%

    24and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

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

  • Job 34:28
    76%

    28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

  • Ps 106:44
    75%

    44Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.

  • Ps 22:24
    74%

    24For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.

  • Jer 7:6
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    6Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.

  • Ezek 22:7
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    7They 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.

  • Prov 22:22-23
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    72%

    22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

    23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.

  • Deut 26:7
    72%

    7So we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.

  • Exod 3:7
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    7The LORD said,“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

  • Job 22:9
    71%

    9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • Jer 11:11
    71%

    11So I, the LORD, say this:‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

  • Job 35:9
    71%

    9“People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

  • Prov 21:13
    71%

    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • Lam 3:33
    71%

    33For he is not predisposed to afflict or to grieve people.

  • Job 31:16
    71%

    16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Exod 3:9
    71%

    9And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.

  • Deut 24:17
    71%

    17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

  • Nah 1:12
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    12Oracle of Deliverance to Judah This is what the LORD says:“Even though they are powerful– and what is more, even though their army is numerous– nevertheless, they will be destroyed and trickle away! Although I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

  • Job 36:8
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    8But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction,

  • Deut 27:19
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    19‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Job 31:21
    70%

    21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

  • Job 36:15
    70%

    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

  • Ps 107:39
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    39As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

  • Job 29:12
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    12for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

  • Ps 34:17
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    17The godly cry out and the LORD hears; he saves them from all their troubles.

  • Jer 22:3
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    3The LORD says,“Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.

  • Exod 22:27
    70%

    27for it is his only covering– it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.

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    70%

    4Someday these sinful leaders will cry to the LORD for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”

  • Ps 82:3
    70%

    3Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

  • Prov 23:11
    70%

    11for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • Exod 23:6
    70%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Exod 2:24
    69%

    24God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,

  • Ezek 8:18
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    18Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

  • 2 Sam 22:28
    69%

    28You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

  • Deut 4:30
    69%

    30In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him

  • Lev 25:43
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    43You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.

  • Job 30:25
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    25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • Jer 15:11
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    11The LORD said,“Jerusalem, I will surely send you away for your own good. I will surely bring the enemy upon you in a time of trouble and distress.

  • Ps 94:6
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    6They kill the widow and the resident foreigner, and they murder the fatherless.

  • Ezek 27:30
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    30They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;

  • Deut 24:21
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    21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

  • Jer 30:20
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    20The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges. Their community will be reestablished in my favor and I will punish all who try to oppress them.

  • Deut 24:14
    69%

    14You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

  • Exod 1:12
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    12But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,

  • Ps 39:12
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    12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.