Deuteronomy 24:17

New Century Version

Do not be unfair to a foreigner or an orphan. Don’t take a widow’s coat to make sure she pays you back.

Cross References

Job 22:6

You took your brothers’ things for a debt they didn’t owe; you took clothes from people and left them naked.

Job 24:3

They chase away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox when she has no money.

Exodus 22:20

“Destroy completely any person who makes a sacrifice to any god except the Lord.

Exodus 23:2

“You must not do wrong just because everyone else is doing it. If you are a witness in court, you must not ruin a fair trial. You must not tell lies just because everyone else is.

Exodus 23:6

“You must not be unfair to a poor person when he is in court.

Exodus 23:9

“You must not mistreat a foreigner. You know how it feels to be a foreigner, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

Proverbs 31:5

If they drink, they might forget the law and keep the needy from getting their rights.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

In some places you will see poor people mistreated. Don’t be surprised when they are not treated fairly or given their rights. One officer is cheated by a higher officer who in turn is cheated by even higher officers.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. They all accept money for doing wrong, and they are paid to cheat people. They don’t seek justice for the orphans or listen to the widows’ needs.

Isaiah 3:15

What gives you the right to crush my people and grind the faces of the poor into the dirt?” The Lord God All-Powerful says this.

Isaiah 33:15

A person who does what is right and speaks what is right, who refuses to take money unfairly, who refuses to take money to hurt others, who does not listen to plans of murder, who refuses to think about evil—

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord says: Do what is fair and right. Save the one who has been robbed from the power of his attacker. Don’t mistreat or hurt the foreigners, orphans, or widows. Don’t kill innocent people here.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown big and fat. There is no end to the evil things they do. They won’t plead the case of the orphan or help the poor be judged fairly.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people cheat others and steal. They hurt people who are poor and needy. They cheat foreigners and do not treat them fairly.

Ezekiel 22:7

The people in you hate their fathers and mothers. They mistreat the foreigners in you and wrong the orphans and widows in you.

Leviticus 19:33

“ ‘Do not mistreat foreigners living in your country,

Micah 7:3

With both hands they are doing evil. Rulers ask for money, and judges’ decisions are bought for a price. Rich people tell what they want, and they get it.

Zechariah 7:10

Don’t hurt widows and orphans, foreigners or the poor; don’t even think of doing evil to somebody else.’

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Then I will come to you and judge you. I will be quick to testify against those who take part in evil magic, adultery, and lying under oath, those who cheat workers of their pay and who cheat widows and orphans, those who are unfair to foreigners, and those who do not respect me.

Luke 3:14

The soldiers asked John, “What about us? What should we do?” John said to them, “Don’t force people to give you money, and don’t lie about them. Be satisfied with the pay you get.”

Deuteronomy 1:17

When you judge, be fair to everyone; don’t act as if one person is more important than another, and don’t be afraid of anyone, because your decision comes from God. Bring the hard cases to me, and I will judge them.”

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not judge unfairly or take sides. Do not let people pay you to make wrong decisions, because that kind of payment makes wise people seem blind, and it changes the words of good people.

Deuteronomy 24:13

Give the coat back at sunset, because your neighbor needs that coat to sleep in, and he will be grateful to you. And the Lord your God will see that you have done a good thing.

Deuteronomy 24:18

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord your God saved you from there. That is why I am commanding you to do this.

Deuteronomy 24:6

If someone owes you something, do not take his two stones for grinding grain—not even the upper one—in place of what he owes, because this is how the person makes a living.

Deuteronomy 27:19

“Anyone will be cursed who is unfair to foreigners, orphans, or widows.” Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

James 2:6

But you show no respect to the poor. The rich are always trying to control your lives. They are the ones who take you to court.