Exodus 22:24
and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
23if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35'And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;
Deuteronomy 23:20To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
Nehemiah 5:7and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,
Job 31:23For a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.
Psalms 69:24Pour upon them Thine indignation, And the fierceness of Thine anger doth seize them.
Psalms 78:63His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.
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 →