Jeremiah 22:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This is what the Lord says: Do what is right and fair. Protect those who have been robbed from the ones who robbed them. Don’t hurt or do anything wrong to orphans or widows. Don’t kill innocent people.

Cross References

Jeremiah 21:12

Family of David, this is what the Lord says: “‘You must judge people fairly every day. Protect the victims from the criminals. If you don’t do that, I will become very angry. My anger will be like a fire that no one will be able to put out. This will happen because you have done evil things.’

Micah 6:8

Human, the Lord has told you what goodness is. This is what he wants from you: Be fair to other people. Love kindness and loyalty, and humbly obey your God.

Jeremiah 22:17

“Jehoiakim, your eyes look only for what benefits yourself. You are always thinking about getting more for yourself. You are willing to kill innocent people. You are willing to steal things from other people.”

James 1:27

The worship that God wants is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help and keeping yourself free from the world’s evil influence. This is the kind of worship that God accepts as pure and good.

Ezekiel 22:7

And the people in Jerusalem don’t respect their parents. There in the city, they abuse the foreigners. They cheat orphans and widows in that place.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will bring you to justice. I will be an expert witness and testify about the evil things people do. I will speak out against those who do evil magic or commit adultery. I will speak out against those who make false promises and cheat their workers and don’t pay them the money they promised. I will testify against those who don’t help strangers, or widows and orphans. And I will testify against those who don’t respect me.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will be empty. Edom will be an empty wilderness, because they were cruel to the people of Judah. They killed innocent people in their country.

Jeremiah 9:24

But if someone wants to brag, then let them brag about this: Let them brag that they learned to know me. Let them brag that they understand that I am the Lord, that I am kind and fair, and that I do good things on earth. I love this kind of bragging.” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown big and fat from the evil they have done. There is no end to the evil they do. They will not plead the case of children who have no parents. They will not help these orphans. They will not let the poor be judged fairly.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. They demand bribes and accept money for doing wrong. They take money to cheat people, and they don’t speak up for widows and orphans. They will not even listen to their cries for help.

Proverbs 23:10

Never move an old property line, and don’t take land that belongs to orphans.

Psalm 68:5

God, who lives in his holy palace, is a father to orphans, and he takes care of widows.

2 Kings 24:4

He did this because Manasseh killed many innocent people and filled Jerusalem with their blood. The Lord would not forgive these sins.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“Someone might kidnap another Israelite—one of their own people. And that kidnapper might sell that person as a slave. If that happens, that kidnapper must be killed. You must remove this evil from your group.

Jeremiah 26:16

Then the rulers and all the people spoke. They said to the priests and the prophets, “Jeremiah must not be killed. What he told us comes from the Lord our God.”

Proverbs 6:17

eyes that show pride, tongues that tell lies, hands that kill innocent people,

Psalm 94:21

They attack those who do right. They say innocent people are guilty and put them to death.

Psalm 94:6

They kill widows and foreigners living in our country. They murder orphans.

Job 24:9

They take a nursing baby from its mother. They take a poor person’s child to guarantee a loan.

Job 22:9

But maybe you sent widows away without giving them anything. And maybe you took advantage of orphans.

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel spoke. The Rock of Israel said to me, ‘Whoever rules people fairly, who rules with respect for God,

Deuteronomy 27:19

“The Levites will say, ‘Cursed is the one who does not give fair judgment for the foreigners, orphans, and widows!’ “Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 25:1

“When two people have an argument, they should go to the court. The judges will decide which person is right and which is wrong.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He defends widows and orphans. He loves even the strangers living among us. He gives them food and clothes.

Leviticus 19:15

“You must be fair in judgment. You must not show special favor to the poor. And you must not show special favor to important people. You must be fair when you judge your neighbor.

Micah 3:11

The judges in Jerusalem accept bribes to help them decide who wins in court. The priests in Jerusalem must be paid before they will teach the people. People must pay the prophets before they will look into the future. Then those leaders expect the Lord to help them. They say, “The Lord lives here with us, so nothing bad will happen to us.”

Exodus 22:22

“You must never do anything bad to women whose husbands are dead or to orphans.

Matthew 23:23

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and you Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You give God a tenth of the food you get, even your mint, dill, and cumin. But you don’t obey the really important teachings of the law—being fair, showing mercy, and being faithful. These are the things you should do. And you should also continue to do those other things.

Exodus 22:21

“Remember, in the past you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. So you should not cheat or hurt anyone who is a foreigner in your land.

Isaiah 58:6

“I will tell you the kind of day I want—a day to set people free. I want a day that you take the burdens off others. I want a day when you set troubled people free and you take the burdens from their shoulders.

Isaiah 58:7

I want you to share your food with the hungry. I want you to find the poor who don’t have homes and bring them into your own homes. When you see people who have no clothes, give them your clothes! Don’t hide from your relatives when they need help.”

Jeremiah 7:23

I only gave them this command: ‘Obey me and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Do all that I command, and good things will happen to you.’

Jeremiah 19:4

I will do these things because the people of Judah have stopped following me. They have made this a place for foreign gods. The people of Judah have burned sacrifices in this place to other gods. The people long ago did not worship those gods. Their ancestors did not worship them. These are new gods from other countries. The kings of Judah filled this place with the blood of innocent children.

Lamentations 3:36

The Lord does not like anyone to cheat another person. He does not like any of these things.

Ezekiel 18:12

He mistreats poor, helpless people. He takes advantage of them. When a debt is paid, he does not give back what he took from them. He prays to filthy idols and does other terrible things.

Ezekiel 45:9

This is what the Lord GOD said: “Enough, you rulers of Israel! Stop being cruel and stealing things from people! Be fair and do what is right! Stop forcing my people out from their homes!” This is what the Lord GOD said.

Amos 5:24

But let justice flow like a river, and let goodness flow like a stream that never becomes dry.

Deuteronomy 24:17

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

Psalm 82:4

Help those who are poor and helpless. Save them from those who are evil.

Ezekiel 18:7

He doesn’t take advantage of others. If someone borrows money from him, he might take something of value before he gives the money. But when that person pays him back, he returns what he took. He gives food to the hungry and clothes to people who need them.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love goodness. Bring justice back into the courts. Maybe then the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the survivors from Joseph’s family.