Exodus 22:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.”
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“My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 22:24 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
- Leviticus 25:36Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
- Deuteronomy 23:20You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.
- Deuteronomy 23:21If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- Nehemiah 5:7and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
- Job 27:13This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
- Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
- Psalms 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Psalms 69:24Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
- Psalms 76:7You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
- Psalms 78:63Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
- Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
- Psalms 109:9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
- Jeremiah 15:8I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
- Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
- Lamentations 5:3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
- Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
- Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
- Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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