Exodus 23:9

World English Bible (2000)

"You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 27:19 : 19 'Cursed is he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Exod 22:21 : 21 "You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 10:19 : 19 Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 24:14-18 : 14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates: 15 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge; 18 but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.
  • Exod 21:21 : 21 Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.
  • Ps 94:6 : 6 They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Matt 18:33 : 33 Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'
  • Heb 2:17-18 : 17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 22:21-22
    2 verses
    91%

    21 "You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

    22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

  • Deut 10:18-19
    2 verses
    87%

    18 He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.

    19 Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 19:33-35
    3 verses
    84%

    33 "'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

    34 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

    35 "'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

  • Deut 24:14
    79%

    14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates:

  • Deut 23:7
    79%

    7 You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

  • Jer 7:6
    77%

    6 if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

  • Deut 24:17-19
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    75%

    17 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

    18 but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.

    19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

  • Lev 25:17
    75%

    17 You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Yahweh your God.

  • Lev 24:22
    75%

    22 You shall have one kind of law, for the foreigner as well as the native-born: for I am Yahweh your God.'"

  • Deut 23:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 You shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to you:

    16 he shall dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best: you shall not oppress him.

  • Zech 7:10
    74%

    10 Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'

  • Num 15:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner [with you], a statute forever throughout your generations: as you are, so shall the foreigner be before Yahweh.

    16 One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.'"

  • Deut 24:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 When you gather [the grapes of] your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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

  • Deut 29:16
    72%

    16 (for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;

  • Lev 25:14
    72%

    14 "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

  • Num 9:14
    72%

    14 "'If a foreigner lives among you, and desires to keep the Passover to Yahweh; according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its ordinance, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the foreigner, and for him who is born in the land.'"

  • Exod 23:10
    72%

    10 "For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

  • Ps 81:9
    71%

    9 There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

  • Exod 12:49
    71%

    49 One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you."

  • Num 15:29
    71%

    29 You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them.

  • Prov 5:10
    71%

    10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.

  • Ezek 22:29
    71%

    29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Lev 18:26
    71%

    26 You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;

  • Lev 19:15
    71%

    15 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

  • Deut 23:20
    71%

    20 to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.

  • Lev 25:35
    70%

    35 "'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

  • Lev 25:43
    70%

    43 You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

  • Lev 25:45
    70%

    45 Moreover of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.

  • Lev 25:47
    70%

    47 "'If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger's family;

  • Exod 23:12
    70%

    12 "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

  • Lev 19:10
    70%

    10 You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.

  • Ezek 22:7
    70%

    7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

  • Deut 16:12
    70%

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

  • Deut 15:9
    70%

    9 Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;" and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

  • Lev 18:3
    70%

    3 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes.

  • Lev 25:6
    69%

    6 The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.

  • Deut 14:29
    69%

    29 and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

  • Lev 22:10
    69%

    10 "'No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  • Lev 19:18
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    18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

  • Deut 28:43
    69%

    43 The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.