Deuteronomy 22:1
If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.
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Leviticus 20:4And if the people of the land do not take note of that man when he gives his offspring to Molech, and do not put him to death,
Proverbs 24:11Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.
Isaiah 8:17And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.
Ezekiel 34:4You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.
Matthew 10:6But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
Matthew 18:12What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:1
The laws of this chapter provide, I. For the preservation of charity and good neighbourship, in the care of strayed or fallen cattle, ver. 1-4 . II. For the preservation of order and distinction, that men and women should not wear one another's clothes ( ver. 5 ), and that other needless mixtures should be avoided, ver. 9-11 . III. For the preservation of birds, ver. 6, 7 . IV. Of life, ver. 8 . V. Of the commandments, ver. 12 . VI. Of the reputation of a wife abused, if she were innocent ( ver. 13-19 ), but for… Read the whole commentary →