Jeremiah 22:3

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This is what the Lord says: Do what is fair and right. Protect those who are being unjustly treated by corrupt people. Don't do anything wrong to foreigners, orphans, or the widows. Don't use violence against them. Don't kill innocent people.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:3

Israel's God spoke; Israel's Rock told me, ‘He who rules the people justly, he who rules respecting God,

2 Kings 24:4

filling Jerusalem with their blood. The Lord was not willing to forgive this.

Job 22:9

You have sent widows away empty-handed; you have crushed the outstretched arms of orphans, begging for help.

Job 24:9

Fatherless children are snatched from their mother's breasts, taking the babies of the poor as security for a debt.

Psalm 68:5

He is a father to the orphans, a protector of widows. This is who God is, who lives in his holy place.

Psalm 82:4

Rescue the poor and those unable to help themselves; save them from the clutches of evil people.

Psalm 94:21

They work together to destroy good people; they condemn those who are innocent to death.

Psalm 94:6

They kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.

Exodus 22:21

You must not exploit or mistreat a foreigner. Remember that you yourselves were once foreigners in Egypt.

Exodus 22:22

You must not take advantage of any widow or orphan.

Proverbs 23:10

Don't move ancient boundary markers, and don't encroach on fields belonging to orphans,

Proverbs 6:17

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that murder the innocent,

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and want to get kickbacks. They don't defend the rights of orphans, and refuse to take cases to help widows.

Isaiah 58:6

No, this is the fast I want: set free those who have been unjustly imprisoned, untie the cords of the yoke used to burden people, set free those who are oppressed, and get rid of every form of abuse.

Isaiah 58:7

Share your food with the hungry, take the poor and homeless into your house. When you see people naked, give them clothes, and don't reject your own relatives.

Jeremiah 19:4

My people have deserted me and have made this a place where foreign gods are worshiped. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they and their forefathers and the kings of Judah never knew anything about. They have filled this place with the blood of innocent people.

Jeremiah 21:12

Descendants of David, this is what the Lord says: Make sure you judge fairly every day. Protect those who are being unjustly treated from those corrupt people, otherwise because of their evil actions my anger will blaze out like fire that can't be put out.

Jeremiah 22:17

But all you're looking for, all you think about, is getting whatever you want, however dishonestly. You kill the innocent, you violently mistreat and exploit your people.

Jeremiah 26:16

Then the leaders and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man doesn't deserve the death penalty because he was speaking on behalf of the Lord our God.”

Jeremiah 5:28

They've grown fat and smooth, and have become experts in evil. They deny justice to orphans, and they don't defend the rights of those in need.

Jeremiah 7:23

This is the commandment I gave them: Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Follow everything I have commanded you to do, so that all will go well for you.

Jeremiah 9:24

Anyone who wants to boast should boast that they really know and understand me, recognizing that I am the Lord who acts with trustworthy love, who shows fairness, and who does what is right everywhere on earth, because these mean the most to me, declares the Lord.

Lamentations 3:36

Or cheating someone in their legal case—these things the Lord doesn't approve of.

Ezekiel 18:12

He exploits the poor and those in need. He robs others, and he doesn't give back what a debtor has given him as security. He worships idols. He commits disgusting sins.

Ezekiel 18:7

He doesn't exploit anyone. He gives back what a debtor has given him as security. He doesn't rob others. He feeds the hungry and clothes the naked.

Ezekiel 22:7

You despise your parents. You exploit the foreigners who live with you, and you mistreat orphans and widows.

Ezekiel 45:9

This is what the Lord God says: You've done enough damage, princes of Israel! Stop using violence and mistreating people! Do what is good and right. Stop evicting people and stealing their property, declares the Lord God.

Joel 3:19

But Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence they did against Judah, for in their land they shed innocent blood.

Leviticus 19:15

Don't be a corrupt judge. Don't show favoritism to the poor or to the rich. Judge others fairly.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good—and make sure justice wins out in your courts. Maybe the Lord God of power will have mercy on those who are left of Jacob's people.

Amos 5:24

Rather let justice flow like a river, and doing right like an ever-flowing stream.

Micah 3:11

Your leaders judge for a bribe, and your priests teach for a price, and your prophets only prophesy for pay. Yet they all lean on the Lord saying, “Isn't the Lord here with us? Nothing bad can happen to us!”

Micah 6:8

The Lord has told you what is good, and what the Lord asks from you: to do what is right, to love kindness, and to walk in humility with your God.

Malachi 3:5

I will come and put you on trial. I am ready to be a witness against those who: practice witchcraft commit adultery tell lies give false evidence cheat employees oppress widows and orphans abuse foreigners and do not respect me, says the Lord Almighty.

Matthew 23:23

What a disaster is coming on you religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay a tithe of mint, aniseed, and cumin, but you neglect the vital aspects of the law—doing good, showing mercy, exercising trust. Yes, you should pay your tithe, but don't forget these other things.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He makes sure that orphans and widows receive justice, and he loves the foreigners, providing them with food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Don't treat foreigners or orphans unjustly; don't take a widow's cloak as security.

Deuteronomy 24:7

Anyone caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite must be executed, whether the kidnapper makes him a slave or sells him. You must eliminate the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is some legal argument between two people, they are to go to court to have the case judged, in order to justify the one who is right and condemn the one who is wrong.

Deuteronomy 27:19

“A curse on anyone who doesn't treat foreigners, the orphans, and widows fairly!” Everyone says “Amen!”

James 1:27

In the eyes of our God and Father, religion that's pure and genuine is to visit orphans and widows in their suffering, and to keep yourself from being contaminated by the world.