Exodus 22:21
Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
In Context
20And ye shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Cross References
Exodus 20:2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Leviticus 19:33And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, ye shall not afflict him.
Deuteronomy 10:18executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 15:15And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee from thence; therefore I charge thee to do this thing.
Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the stranger and the fatherless, and widow; thou shalt not take the widow’s garment for a pledge.
Psalms 146:9And gives to cattle their food, 1 And to the young ravens that call upon him. 1
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 →