Exodus 23:9
And a stranger shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
10And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:
Cross References
Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 10:19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that wresteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee, have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Matthew 18:33shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy 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 →