Deuteronomy 22:1

New International Version

If you see your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to its owner.

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:16

I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Proverbs 24:11

Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.

1 Peter 2:25

For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Matthew 15:24

He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”

Matthew 10:6

Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him.

Proverbs 28:27

Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.

Leviticus 20:4

If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death,

1 Corinthians 9:9

For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

Leviticus 6:3

or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit—

Deuteronomy 22:2

If they do not live near you or if you do not know who owns it, take it home with you and keep it until they come looking for it. Then give it back.

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

Zechariah 7:9

“This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.