Deuteronomy 22:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ “You shall not watch your neighbor’s ox or sheep straying away and ignore them; you shall take them back to their owner.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ YOU SHALL not see your brother's ox or his sheep being driven away or stolen, and hide yourself from [your duty to help] them; you shall surely take them back to your brother. [Prov. 24:12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother.

Common English Bible

¹ Don’t just watch your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep wandering around and do nothing about it. You must return the animal to its owner.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ "If you see your brother's ox or sheep wander astray, you shall not pass by. Instead, you shall lead them back to your brother.

Deuteronomy 22:1 Cross References

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strays, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them and not to hide yourself from your own kin?

Proverbs 24:11

if you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, those who go staggering to the slaughter;

1 Peter 2:25

For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

Matthew 15:24

He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matthew 10:6

but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak; you have not healed the sick; you have not bound up the injured; you have not brought back the strays; you have not sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled them.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

Proverbs 28:27

Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.

Leviticus 20:4

And if the people of the land should ever close their eyes to them, when they give of their offspring to Molech, and do not put them to death,

1 Corinthians 9:9

For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned?

Leviticus 6:3

or have found something lost and lied about it—if you swear falsely regarding any of the various things that one may do and sin—

Deuteronomy 22:2

If the owner does not reside near you or you do not know who the owner is, you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall remain with you until the owner claims it; then you shall return it.

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than kindred who are far away.

Zechariah 7:9

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;