Exodus 22:23
And if you⌃ should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 hurt no widow or orphan.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Take heed to yourself that there be not a secret thing in your heart, an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, draws near; and your eye shall be evil to your brother that is in lack, and you shall not give to him, and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in you.
Job 31:38If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;
Job 35:9They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
Psalms 18:6His going forth is from the extremity of heaven, and his + 18:6 Gr. meeting. circuit to the other end of heaven: and no one shall be hidden from his heat. 1
Proverbs 22:22Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonor the helpless man in the gates.
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 →