Ezekiel 22:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.

Cross References

Psalm 94:5

They crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your heritage.

Psalm 94:6

They kill the widow and the stranger; they murder the orphan,

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 21:17

“Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.

Exodus 23:9

“You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 20:20

If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 30:11

There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the orphan, and the widow’s cause does not come before them.

Jeremiah 7:6

if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,

Ezekiel 18:12

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination,

Ezekiel 22:25

Its princes within it are like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows within it.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy and have extorted from the alien without justice.

Leviticus 20:9

All who curse father or mother shall be put to death; having cursed father or mother, their bloodguilt is upon them.

Zechariah 7:10

do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’

Deuteronomy 24:17

“You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pledge.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 27:19

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who deprives an alien, an orphan, or a widow of justice.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 5:16

“ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.