Exodus 23:9
And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in its produce;
Cross References
Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth to [any] god, save to Jehovah only, shall be devoted to destruction.
Deuteronomy 10:19And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Matthew 18:33shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as *I* also had compassion on thee?
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:2-10
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help… Read the whole commentary →