Deuteronomy 22:1

New Century Version

If you see your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep wandering away, don’t ignore it. Take it back to its owner.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:11

Save those who are being led to their death; rescue those who are about to be killed.

Proverbs 27:10

Don’t forget your friend or your parent’s friend. Don’t always go to your family for help when trouble comes. A neighbor close by is better than a family far away.

Proverbs 28:27

Whoever gives to the poor will have everything he needs, but the one who ignores the poor will receive many curses.

Isaiah 58:7

Share your food with the hungry and bring poor, homeless people into your own homes. When you see someone who has no clothes, give him yours, and don’t refuse to help your own relatives.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the Lord to help us, the Lord who is ashamed of the family of Israel. I will wait for him.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will search for the lost, bring back those that strayed away, put bandages on those that were hurt, and make the weak strong. But I will destroy those sheep that are fat and strong. I will tend the sheep with fairness.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not made the weak strong. You have not healed the sick or put bandages on those that were hurt. You have not brought back those who strayed away or searched for the lost. But you have ruled the sheep with cruel force.

Leviticus 20:4

The people of the community might ignore that person and not kill the one who gave his children to Molech.

Leviticus 6:3

He might find something that had been lost and then lie about it. He might make a promise before the Lord about something and not mean it, or he might do some other sin.

Zechariah 7:9

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘Do what is right and true. Be kind and merciful to each other.

Matthew 10:6

But go to the people of Israel, who are like lost sheep.

Matthew 15:24

Jesus answered, “God sent me only to the lost sheep, the people of Israel.”

1 Corinthians 9:9

It is written in the law of Moses: “When an ox is working in the grain, do not cover its mouth to keep it from eating.” When God said this, was he thinking only about oxen? No.

Deuteronomy 22:2

If the owner does not live close to you, or if you do not know who the owner is, take the animal home with you. Keep it until the owner comes looking for it; then give it back.

1 Peter 2:25

You were like sheep that wandered away, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.