Exodus 23:9
Thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for ye knowe the heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
10Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof,
Cross References
Exodus 22:20Hee that offereth vnto any gods, saue vnto the Lord onely, shalbe slaine.
Deuteronomy 10:19Loue ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shall say: So be it.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee haue they despised father and mother: in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widowe.
Matthew 18:33Oughtest not thou also to haue had pitie on thy fellowe seruant, euen as I had pitie on thee?
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:2-10
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help… Read the whole commentary →