Deuteronomy 22:1
If you see someone's cow or sheep wandering around, don't just ignore it. Make sure you take it back to its owner.
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Leviticus 20:4If the community decides to look the other way and not execute those who sacrifice their children to Molech, then I will take action against them myself.
Proverbs 24:11Rescue those who are being led away to be executed; save those who are stumbling on their way to be slaughtered.
Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the Lord, the one who is hiding his face from Jacob's descendants. I will wait in hope for him.
Ezekiel 34:4You haven't taken care of the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought home the strays, or looked for the lost. On the contrary, you ruled them using violence and cruelty.
Matthew 10:6You are to go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 18:12What do you think about this? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders off, won't he leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that's wandered away?
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 →