Deuteronomy 22:1

Easy To Read Version

“If you see that your neighbor’s cow or sheep is loose, you must not ignore it. You must be sure to take it back to its owner.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:11

If people are planning to kill a person, then you must try to save him.

Proverbs 27:10

Don’t forget your friends and your father’s friends. And if you have trouble, don’t go far away to your brother’s house for help. It is better to ask a neighbor that is near you than to go far away to your brother.

Proverbs 28:27

Then there will be plenty of goat milk for you and your family and enough to keep servant girls healthy.

Isaiah 58:7

I want you to share your food with the hungry people. I want you to find poor people that don’t have homes, and I want you to bring them into your own homes. When you see a man that has no clothes—give him your clothes! Don’t hide \{from helping those people\}; they are just like you.”

Isaiah 8:17

This is the agreement:

Ezekiel 34:16

“I will search for the lost sheep. I will bring back the sheep that were scattered. I will put bandages on the sheep that were hurt. I will make the weak sheep strong. But I will destroy those fat and powerful \{shepherds\}. I will feed them the punishment they deserve.”

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not made the weak strong. You have not cared for the sick sheep. You have not put bandages on the sheep that were hurt. Some of the sheep wandered away, and you did not go get them and bring them back. You did not go to look for those lost sheep. No, you were cruel and severe—that’s the way you tried to lead the sheep!

Leviticus 20:4

Maybe the common people will ignore that person. Maybe they will not kill that person who gave his children to Molech.

Leviticus 6:3

Or a person might find something that was lost and then lie about it. Or a person might promise to do something and then not do what he promised. Or a person might do some other bad thing.

Zechariah 7:9

The Lord All-Powerful said these things.\par “You must do what is right and fair.\par You must be kind and merciful to each other.\par

Matthew 10:6

But go to the people of Israel (the Jews). They are like sheep that are lost.

Matthew 15:24

Jesus said, “God sent me only to the lost people {\cf2\super [213]} of Israel (the Jews).”

1 Corinthians 9:9

Yes, it is written in the law of Moses: “When a work animal is being used to separate grain, don’t cover its mouth \{and stop it from eating the grain\}.” {\cf2\super [54]} When God said this, was he thinking only about work animals? No.

Deuteronomy 22:2

If the owner does not live near you or if you don’t know who it belongs to, then you may take the cow or sheep to your house. And you may keep it with you until the owner comes looking for it. Then you must give it back to him.

1 Peter 2:25

You were like sheep that went the wrong way. But now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your lives.