Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Vex a stranger
For ye were strangers
General references
Bible References
Vex a stranger
Exodus 23:9
“You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 19:33
‘When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
Leviticus 25:35
‘Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
Deuteronomy 10:19 So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 7:6
if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,
Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the Lord, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Zechariah 7:10
and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise 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 the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.
For ye were strangers
Exodus 20:2
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Exodus 23:9
“You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:19 So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 15:15
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today.
Deuteronomy 23:7
“You shall not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.
General references
Deuteronomy 10:19 So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19
‘Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’