Leviticus 19:33

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

And if a stranger {H1616} sojourn {H1481} with thee in your land {H776}, ye shall not vex {H3238} him.

"'If a foreigner stays with you in your land, do not do him wrong.

When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 23:9 (5 votes)

    Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Exodus 22:21 (5 votes)

    Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Malachi 3:5 (4 votes)

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

  • Jeremiah 7:6 (4 votes)

    [If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

  • Deuteronomy 24:14 (4 votes)

    ¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:

  • Ezekiel 22:29 (3 votes)

    The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

  • Ezekiel 22:7 (3 votes)

    In 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 vexed the fatherless and the widow.