Exodus 22:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

Cross References

Job 6:27

Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

Exodus 20:2

I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

Exodus 23:9

Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.

Isaiah 1:17

Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

Jeremiah 7:6

If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

Leviticus 19:13

Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

Leviticus 19:33

And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

Leviticus 19:34

Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 25:35

And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

Deuteronomy 1:16

And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

Deuteronomy 10:18

Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

Deuteronomy 10:19

So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 15:15

And keep in mind that you yourself were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: so I give you this order today.

Deuteronomy 23:16

Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.

Deuteronomy 23:7

But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

Deuteronomy 27:19

Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.