Jeremiah 22:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ Thus says Adonai: ‘Execute justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the fatherless or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Thus says the Lord: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver out of the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong; do no violence to the stranger or temporary resident, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Common English Bible

³ The LORD proclaims: Do what is just and right; rescue the oppressed from the power of the oppressor. Don’t exploit or mistreat the refugee, the orphan, and the widow. Don’t spill the blood of the innocent in this place.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 22:3 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel has said, the Rock of Israel has spoken to me, ‘He who rules over men righteously, he who rules in the fear of God—

2 Kings 24:4

and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed—for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood that Adonai was not willing to pardon.

Job 22:9

You sent widows away empty-handed and crushed the arms of orphans.

Job 24:9

The orphan is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

Psalm 68:5

Sing to God, sing praises to His Name. Prepare the road for Him who rides through the deserts, whose Name is Adonai— and rejoice before Him.

Psalm 82:4

Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

Psalm 94:21

They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

Psalm 94:6

They slay the widow and the outsider, and murder the fatherless.

Exodus 22:21

“You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

Exodus 22:22

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

Proverbs 23:10

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

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

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 58:6

“Is not this the fast I choose: to release the bonds of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to tear off every yoke?

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, to cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood?

Jeremiah 19:4

For they have forsaken Me and have alienated this place, by burning sacrifices in it to other gods, which neither they nor their forefathers, nor the kings of Judah have known. They have also filled this place with the blood of innocents.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus says Adonai: “Render justice by morning, and rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Otherwise My fury will go forth like fire and burn so none can extinguish it, because of their evil deeds.”

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart are only on your unjust gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and committing extortion and fraud.”

Jeremiah 26:16

Then said the princes and all the people to the kohanim and to the prophets: “No death sentence for this man! For he has spoken to us in the Name of Adonai our God.”

Jeremiah 5:28

They grew fat and sleek. They also overlooked evil deeds. They do not uphold a cause— the cause of an orphan to prosper— nor do they defend the right of the poor.

Jeremiah 7:23

but I explicitly commanded them: ‘Obey My voice and I will be your God to you and you will be My people. Walk in all the ways that I command you that it may go well with you.’

Jeremiah 9:24

“Days are soon coming,” declares Adonai, “when I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—

Lamentations 3:36

to defraud a person in his lawsuit— would the Lord not see?

Ezekiel 18:12

wronged the poor and needy, taken by robbery, not restored the pledge, lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,

Ezekiel 18:7

He does not wrong anyone, returns his pledge for a debt, does not commit robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment.

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.

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Let it be enough for you, princes of Israel. Get rid of violence and destruction, execute justice and righteousness, take away your oppression from My people”—it is a declaration of Adonai.

Leviticus 19:15

“You are to do no injustice in judgment. You are not to be partial toward the poor nor show favoritism toward the great, but you are to judge your neighbor with fairness.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, love good, maintain justice at the gate. Maybe Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot will extend grace to Joseph’s remnant.

Amos 5:24

But let justice roll like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing torrent.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders give judgment for a bribe. Her priests give direction for a price. Her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on Adonai by saying: “Is not Adonai in our midst? No calamity will come upon us!”

Micah 6:8

He has told you, humanity, what is good, and what Adonai is seeking from you: Only to practice justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

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 23:23

“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, yet you have neglected the weightier matters of Torah—justice and mercy and faithfulness. It is necessary to do these things without neglecting the others.

Deuteronomy 10:18

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

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 24:7

“If a man is caught kidnapping any of his brothers from Bnei-Yisrael, whether he treats him like property or sells him, then that kidnapper must die. So you are to purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 25:1

“Suppose there is a dispute between people and they approach the court, the judges hear their case, and declare one righteous and the other guilty.

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.