Exodus 22:24
I will become angry, and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
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23If you mistreat them, and they call out to me for help, I will definitely respond to their cry.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35If any of your people become poor and can't survive, you must help them in the same way you would help a foreigner or a stranger, so that they can go on living in your neighborhood.
Deuteronomy 23:20You may charge a foreigner interest, but not an Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you do in the country that you are going in to occupy.
Nehemiah 5:7I thought it over and then I went to argue with the nobles and officials, telling them, “You are charging your own brothers interest!” So I called a large meeting to deal with them.
Job 31:23Since I'm terrified of what punishment God may have in store for me, and because of his majesty, I could never do this.
Psalms 69:24Pour out your judgment on them; chase them down in your fierce anger.
Psalms 78:63Their young men were destroyed by fire; their young women had no wedding songs.
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 →