Exodus 22:22

Tree of Life Version

If you mistreat them in any way, and they cry out to Me, I will surely hear their cry.

Cross References

Job 31:16

“If I withheld the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow to fail,

Job 34:28

They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, so that He hears the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 10:14

You saw—for You see trouble and grief, to take it in Your hand. The victim puts his trust in You— You are the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 34:7

This poor man cried, and Adonai heard, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Proverbs 22:23

for Adonai will plead their case, and rob life from those who plunder them.

Proverbs 23:10

Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or encroach on fields of the fatherless,

Proverbs 23:11

for their redeemer is strong. He will plead their case against you.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good, seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.”

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and friends with thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, nor does a widow’s case come to them.

Isaiah 10:2

to deprive the helpless of justice and rob the rights of the poor of My people, so that widows may be their spoil and orphans their prey!

Jeremiah 7:6

not oppressing the sojourner, orphan and widow nor shedding innocent blood in this place, nor going after other gods to your own ruin—

Jeremiah 7:7

then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother have been treated with contempt; the outsider has been oppressed in your midst; the orphan and the widow have been mistreated in you.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the outsider or the poor. Furthermore, do not let any of you devise evil against one another in your heart.’

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.

Matthew 23:14

Deuteronomy 10:18

He enacts justice for the orphan and widow, and loves the outsider, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Watch yourself, so there is no unworthy thing in your heart saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of cancelling debts, is near,’ and your eye is evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing. Then he may call out to Adonai against you, and it will be a sin upon you.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You are not to twist justice for an outsider or orphan, and you are not to take as collateral a widow’s clothing.

Deuteronomy 24:18

But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Adonai your God redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

Deuteronomy 27:19

‘Cursed is the one who twists justice for the outsider, orphan and widow.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.