Exodus 22:23
If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
In Context
22Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
Job 31:38If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;
Job 35:9Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
Psalms 18:6\18:5\The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
Psalms 145:19To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.
Proverbs 22:22Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:17-25
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22… Read the whole commentary →