Exodus 22:24
My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows, and your children will become fatherless.
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23If you afflict them at all, and if they call out to me, I will surely hear their call.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35If your fellow countryman becomes poor, so that he can no longer provide for himself, then you must help him as you would help a foreigner or anyone else living as an outsider among you.
Deuteronomy 23:20To a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your fellow Israelite you must not lend on interest, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land which you are going in to possess.
Nehemiah 5:7Then I thought about this, and brought charges against the nobles and officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his own brother.” I held a great assembly against them
Job 31:23For I dreaded destruction from God; 1 because of his majesty, I was not able to do those things. 1
Psalms 69:24Pour out your indignation on them, 1 and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them. 1
Psalms 78:63Fire devoured their young men, 1 and their young women had no wedding songs. 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 →