Deuteronomy 22:4

You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them. You shall surely help him to lift them up again.

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In The King James Version

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

In Context

3So you shall do with his donkey. So you shall do with his garment. So you shall do with every lost thing of your brother’s, which he has lost and you have found. You may not hide yourself.

5A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:4“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

Luke 10:29But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbour?”

2 Corinthians 12:15I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

1 Thessalonians 5:14We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient towards all.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:2-5

Kindness and Humanity. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy… Read the whole commentary →

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