Leviticus 19:34

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The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:18 : 18 You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  • Deut 10:19 : 19 So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 Love for Enemies“You have heard that it was said,‘Love your neighbor’ and‘hate your enemy.’
  • Exod 12:48-49 : 48 “When a resident foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land– but no uncircumcised person may eat of it. 49 The same law will apply to the person who is native-born and to the resident foreigner who lives among you.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 10:18-19
    2 verses
    90%

    18who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

    19So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 19:33
    89%

    33When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

  • Lev 24:22
    84%

    22There will be one regulation for you, whether a resident foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the LORD your God.’”

  • Exod 22:21
    84%

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

  • Exod 23:9
    83%

    9“You must not oppress a resident foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Num 15:14-17
    4 verses
    82%

    14If a resident foreigner is living with you– or whoever is among you in future generations– and prepares an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he must do it the same way you are to do it.

    15One statute must apply to you who belong to the congregation and to the resident foreigner who is living among you, as a permanent statute for your future generations. You and the resident foreigner will be alike before the LORD.

    16One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.’”

    17Rules for First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 12:48-49
    2 verses
    81%

    48“When a resident foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land– but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.

    49The same law will apply to the person who is native-born and to the resident foreigner who lives among you.”

  • Num 9:14
    79%

    14If a resident foreigner lives among you and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, he must do so according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its custom. You must have the same statute for the resident foreigner and for the one who was born in the land.’”

  • Deut 23:7
    78%

    7You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land.

  • Lev 19:18
    76%

    18You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 18:26
    75%

    26You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst,

  • Num 15:29
    75%

    29You must have one law for the person who sins unintentionally, both for the native-born among the Israelites and for the resident foreigner who lives among them.

  • Lev 25:35
    74%

    35Debt and Slave Regulations“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

  • Ezek 47:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22You must allot it as an inheritance among yourselves and for the resident foreigners who live among you, who have fathered sons among you. You must treat them as native-born among the people of Israel; they will be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

    23In whatever tribe the resident foreigner lives, there you will give him his inheritance,” declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Lev 25:45
    73%

    45Also you may buy slaves from the children of the foreigners who reside with you, and from their families that are with you, whom they have fathered in your land, they may become your property.

  • Deut 23:16
    73%

    16Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him.

  • Num 18:4
    72%

    4They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you.

  • Lev 25:47
    72%

    47“‘If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner’s family,

  • Lev 25:38
    72%

    38I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan– to be your God.

  • Deut 26:11
    72%

    11You will celebrate all the good things that the LORD your God has given you and your family, along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you.

  • Lev 25:17
    72%

    17No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 14:29
    72%

    29Then the Levites(because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.

  • Jer 7:6
    72%

    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.

  • Deut 28:43
    71%

    43The resident foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.

  • Deut 24:14
    71%

    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.

  • Lev 19:35
    71%

    35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

  • Exod 12:43
    71%

    43Participation in the Passover The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,“This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may share in eating it.

  • Lev 25:6
    71%

    6You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat– you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you,

  • Deut 23:20
    70%

    20You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the LORD your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.

  • 1 Kgs 8:41
    70%

    41“Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.

  • Lev 19:10
    70%

    10You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 24:19
    70%

    19Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the LORD your God may bless all the work you do.

  • Lev 22:10
    70%

    10“‘No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,

  • Matt 22:39
    70%

    39The second is like it:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

  • Ps 81:9
    69%

    9There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.

  • Lev 18:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘I am the LORD your God!

    3You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes.

  • Deut 24:22
    69%

    22Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.

  • Lev 23:22
    69%

    22When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the LORD your God.’”

  • Lev 19:15
    69%

    15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

  • Num 35:34
    69%

    34Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the LORD live among the Israelites.”

  • Lev 22:33
    69%

    33the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 24:17
    69%

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

  • Lev 17:8
    69%

    8“You are to say to them:‘Any man from the house of Israel or from the resident foreigners who live in their midst, who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice