Jeremiah 22:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus says the Lord: Do what is right and just. Rescue the victims from the hand of their oppressors. Do not wrong or oppress the resident alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel spoke; of me the Rock of Israel said, “One who rules over humankind with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

2 Kings 24:4

and especially because of the innocent blood he shed; he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not forgive.

Job 22:9

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the resources of orphans are destroyed.

Job 24:9

Orphans are snatched from the breast, infants of the needy are taken in pledge.

Psalm 68:5

Sing to God, praise his name; exalt the rider of the clouds. Rejoice before him whose name is the Lord.

Psalm 82:4

Rescue the lowly and poor; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Psalm 94:21

Those who conspire against the just and condemn the innocent to death?

Psalm 94:6

They kill the widow and alien; the orphan they murder.

Exodus 22:21

You shall not wrong any widow or orphan.

Exodus 22:22

If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely listen to their cry.

Proverbs 23:10

Do not remove the ancient landmark, nor invade the fields of the fatherless;

Proverbs 6:17

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and comrades of thieves; Each one of them loves a bribe and looks for gifts. The fatherless they do not defend, the widow’s plea does not reach them.

Isaiah 58:6

Is this not, rather, the fast that I choose: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking off every yoke?

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?

Jeremiah 19:4

All because they have forsaken me and profaned this place by burning incense to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors knew; and because the kings of Judah have filled this place with innocent blood,

Jeremiah 21:12

house of David! Thus says the Lord: Each morning dispense justice, rescue the oppressed from the hand of the oppressor, Or my fury will break out like fire and burn with no one to quench it because of your evil deeds.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own gain, On shedding innocent blood and practicing oppression and extortion.

Jeremiah 26:16

Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve a death sentence; it is in the name of the Lord, our God, that he speaks to us.”

Jeremiah 5:28

fat and sleek. They pass over wicked deeds; justice they do not defend By advancing the claim of the orphan or judging the cause of the poor.

Jeremiah 7:23

This rather is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk exactly in the way I command you, so that you may prosper.

Jeremiah 9:24

See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord—when I will demand an account of all those circumcised in the foreskin:

Lamentations 3:36

Or subverts a person’s lawsuit— does the Lord not see?

Ezekiel 18:12

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not give back a pledge, raises his eyes to idols, does abominable things,

Ezekiel 18:7

if he oppresses no one, gives back the pledge received for a debt, commits no robbery; gives food to the hungry and clothes the naked;

Ezekiel 22:7

Within you, father and mother are dishonored; they extort the resident alien in your midst; within you, they oppress orphans and widows.

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus says the Lord God: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and do what is just and right! Stop evicting my people!—oracle of the Lord God. Weights and Measures.

Leviticus 19:15

You shall not act dishonestly in rendering judgment. Show neither partiality to the weak nor deference to the mighty, but judge your neighbor justly.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and let justice prevail at the gate; Then it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will have pity on the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:24

Rather let justice surge like waters, and righteousness like an unfailing stream.

Micah 3:11

Its leaders render judgment for a bribe, the priests teach for pay, the prophets divine for money, While they rely on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil can come upon us!”

Micah 6:8

You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Malachi 3:5

I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who deprive a laborer of wages, Oppress a widow or an orphan, or turn aside a resident alien, without fearing me, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. [But] these you should have done, without neglecting the others.

Deuteronomy 10:18

who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and loves the resident alien, giving them food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You shall not deprive the resident alien or the orphan of justice, nor take the clothing of a widow as pledge.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If anyone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite, enslaving or selling the victim, that kidnapper shall be put to death. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst. Skin Diseases.

Deuteronomy 25:1

When there is a dispute and the parties draw near for judgment, and a decision is given, declaring one party in the right and the other in the wrong,

Deuteronomy 27:19

“Cursed be anyone who deprives the resident alien, the orphan or the widow of justice!” And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.