Exodus 22:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²¹ And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were strangers 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.

Exodus 22:21 Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:19

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:9

And a stranger shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:33

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.

Zechariah 7:10

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgement; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

Jeremiah 7:6

if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

Deuteronomy 23:7

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

Leviticus 25:35

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

Exodus 20:2

I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus saith the LORD: Execute ye judgement and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Deuteronomy 15:15

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing today.

Leviticus 19:13

Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Leviticus 19:34

The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the homeborn among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 1:16

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

Deuteronomy 23:16

he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

Deuteronomy 27:19

Cursed be he that wresteth the judgement of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Psalm 146:9

The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Ezekiel 22:7

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee, have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He doth execute the judgement of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Thou shalt not wrest the judgement of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge:

Job 6:27

Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do well; seek judgement, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.