Deuteronomy 22:1

New American Bible - revised edition

You shall not see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray and ignore it; you must bring it back.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:11

Did you fail to rescue those who were being dragged off to death, those tottering, those near death,

Proverbs 27:10

Do not give up your own friend and your father’s friend; do not resort to the house of your kindred when trouble strikes. Better a neighbor near than kin far away.

Proverbs 28:27

Those who give to the poor have no lack, but those who avert their eyes, many curses.

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not sharing your bread with the hungry, bringing the afflicted and the homeless into your house; Clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own flesh?

Isaiah 8:17

I will trust in the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob; yes, I will wait for him.

Ezekiel 34:16

The lost I will search out, the strays I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, and the sick I will heal; but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them in judgment. Separation of the Sheep.

Ezekiel 34:4

You did not strengthen the weak nor heal the sick nor bind up the injured. You did not bring back the stray or seek the lost but ruled them harshly and brutally.

Leviticus 20:4

If the people of the land condone the giving of offspring to Molech, by failing to put the wrongdoer to death,

Leviticus 6:3

The priest, clothed in his linen robe and wearing linen pants underneath, shall take away the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar, and lay them at the side of the altar.

Zechariah 7:9

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Judge with true justice, and show kindness and compassion toward each other.

Matthew 10:6

Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 15:24

He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

1 Corinthians 9:9

It is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is God concerned about oxen,

Deuteronomy 22:2

If this neighbor does not live near you, or you do not know who the owner may be, take it to your own house and keep it with you until your neighbor claims it; then return it.

1 Peter 2:25

For you had gone astray like sheep, but you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.