Exodus 22:23
If you hurt them they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
22You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee.
Job 31:38If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out : and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
Psalms 18:6The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.
Proverbs 22:22Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
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 →