Exodus 22:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ “You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Common English Bible

²¹ Don’t mistreat or oppress an immigrant, because you were once immigrants in the land of Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 22:21 Cross References

Job 6:27

You would even cast lots over the orphan and bargain over your friend.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;

Exodus 23:9

“You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 7:6

if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.

Leviticus 19:13

“You shall not defraud your neighbor; you shall not steal; and you shall not keep for yourself the wages of a laborer until morning.

Leviticus 19:33

“When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien.

Leviticus 19:34

The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the native-born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 25:35

“If any of your kin fall into difficulty and become dependent on you, you shall support them; they shall live with you as though resident aliens.

Zechariah 7:10

do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Deuteronomy 1:16

I charged your judges at that time: ‘Give the members of your community a fair hearing and judge rightly between one person and another, whether kin or resident alien.

Deuteronomy 10:18

who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 10:19

You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 15:15

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; for this reason I lay this command upon you today.

Deuteronomy 23:16

They shall reside with you, in your midst, in any place they choose in any one of your towns, wherever they please; you shall not oppress them.

Deuteronomy 23:7

“You shall not abhor any of the Edomites, for they are your kin. You shall not abhor any of the Egyptians, because you were an alien residing in their land.

Deuteronomy 24:17

“You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pledge.

Deuteronomy 27:19

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who deprives an alien, an orphan, or a widow of justice.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’