Ezekiel 22:7

Easy To Read Version

People in Jerusalem don’t respect their parents. They hurt foreigners in that city. They cheat orphans and widows {\cf2\super [170]} in that place.

Cross References

Psalm 94:5

Lord, they hurt your people.\par They made your people suffer.\par

Psalm 94:6

Those bad people kill widows\par and foreigners living in our country.\par They murder children that have no parents.\par

Exodus 20:12

“You must honor (respect) your father and your mother. Do this so you will have a full life in the land that the Lord your God gives you.

Exodus 21:17

“Any person who curses [135] his father or his mother must be killed.

Exodus 23:9

“You must never do wrong things to a foreigner. Remember, at one time you were also foreigners when you lived in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 20:20

If a person curses {\cf2\super [28]} his father or mother, then he is like a person whose light stops shinning in the darkest darkness.

Proverbs 30:11

Some people speak against their fathers. And they don’t show respect for their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

Any person who makes fun of his father or refuses to obey his mother will be punished. It will be as bad for him as if his eyes were eaten by vultures and wild birds.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good things. Be fair with other people. Punish the people that hurt others. Help the children that have no parents. Help the women whose husbands are dead.”

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. All of your rulers demand bribes—they accept money for doing wrong things. All of your rulers take pay for cheating people. Your rulers don’t try to help the children that have no parents. And your rulers don’t listen to the needs of the women whose husbands are dead.”

Jeremiah 7:6

You must be fair to strangers. You must do the right things for widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [54]} Don’t kill innocent people! Don’t follow other gods! Why? Because they will ruin your lives.

Ezekiel 18:12

He might mistreat poor, helpless people. He might take advantage of people. He might not give back the collateral {\cf2\super [134]} when a person pays his debt. That evil son might pray to those filthy idols and do other terrible things.

Ezekiel 22:25

The prophets in Jerusalem are making evil plans. They are like a lion—it roars when it begins to eat the animal it caught. Those prophets have destroyed many lives. They have taken many valuable things. They caused many women to become widows {\cf2\super [176]} in Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:29

“The common people take advantage of each other. They cheat and steal from each other. They get rich by taking advantage of poor helpless beggars. And they really cheat the foreigners-they are not fair to them at all!

Leviticus 20:9

“If any person curses [351] his father or mother, that person must be put to death. He cursed his father or mother, so he is responsible for his own death! [352]

Zechariah 7:10

Don’t hurt widows and orphans, {\cf2\super [19]} \par strangers, or poor people.\par Don’t even think of doing bad things\par to each other!”\par

Malachi 3:5

Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Mark 7:10

Moses said, ‘You must honor (respect) your father and mother.’ {\cf2\super [84]} Then Moses also said, ‘Any person that says bad things to his father or mother must be killed.’ {\cf2\super [85]}

Deuteronomy 24:17

“You must make sure that foreigners and orphans [151] are treated fairly. And you must never take clothes from a widow [152] as security. [153]

Deuteronomy 27:16

“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that does things that show he does not respect his father or his mother!’

Deuteronomy 27:19

“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that does not give fair judgment for the foreigners, orphans, [177] and widows [178] !’

Deuteronomy 5:16

“You must honor (respect) your father and your mother. The Lord your God has commanded you to do this. If you follow this command, then you will live a long time, and everything will go well for you in the land that the Lord your God gives you.