Deuteronomy 23:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.”
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“Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“with thee he doth dwell, in thy midst, in the place which he chooseth within one of thy gates, where it is pleasing to him; thou dost not oppress him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 23:16 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 23:9Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Isaiah 16:3“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
- Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
- Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Luke 15:15So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
- Titus 3:2to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
- James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
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