Exodus 23:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.”
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“Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye--ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 23:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:21However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
- Exodus 22:20If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.
- Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 10:19So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 24:14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
- Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
- Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
- Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
- Matthew 18:33Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
- Hebrews 2:17For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
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