Exodus 23:4
If you meet yours enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
In Context
3Neither shall you countenance a poor man in his cause.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:1You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall in any case bring them again unto your brother.
Proverbs 24:17Rejoice not when yours enemy falls, and let not yours heart be glad when he stumbles:
Matthew 5:44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Romans 12:17Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
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 →