Deuteronomy 22:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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 that which was lost, and will bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: and the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in judgement.

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Proverbs 24:11

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

1 Peter 2:25

For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Matthew 15:24

But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto 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

The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigour have ye ruled over them.

Isaiah 8:17

And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Proverbs 28:27

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Leviticus 20:4

And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death:

1 Corinthians 9:9

For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,

Leviticus 6:3

or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely thereto, and swear to a lie; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

Deuteronomy 22:2

And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thine house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

Proverbs 27:10

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Zechariah 7:9

Thus hath the LORD of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgement, and shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother: