Exodus 22:24
(22:23) My wrath shall wax hot, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
23(22:22) If thou afflict him in any wise; [for if he cry at all unto me, I will surely hear his cry:]
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35And if thy brother become poor, and fall in decay with thee: then shalt thou assist him, [yea] a stranger, or a sojourner, that he may live with thee.
Deuteronomy 23:20(23:21) From an alien thou mayest take interest; but from thy brother thou shalt not take interest; in order that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the acquisition of thy hand, in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Nehemiah 5:7Then did I consult with my heart, and I upbraided the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, “Ye exact usury, every one of his brother!” And I brought together a great assembly against them.
Job 31:23For dreaded by me was the calamitous punishment of God, and against his highness I can accomplish nothing.
Psalms 69:24(69:25) Pour out over them thy indignation, and let the heat of thy anger overtake them.
Psalms 78:63His young men the fire devoured; and his virgins were not demanded in marriage.
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 →