Exodus 22:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.”
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“If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;”
King James Version · Public Domain“If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 22:23 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- Deuteronomy 24:15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- Job 31:38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
- Job 34:28They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
- Job 35:9Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
- Psalms 10:17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
- Psalms 146:7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Proverbs 22:23for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
- Proverbs 23:10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
- Lamentations 5:3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
- Luke 18:7Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
- James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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