Exodus 22:21-27

Laws About Social Justice

²¹ _o "You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ²² _p You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. ²³ If you do mistreat them, and they _q cry out to me, I will surely _r hear their cry, ²⁴ and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and _s your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

²⁵ _t "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. ²⁶ _u If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, ²⁷ for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he _q cries to me, I will hear, for I am _v compassionate.

1. Cross References
   Exodus 23:9
   You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the...
   Leviticus 19:33
   When a stranger sojourns with you in your land,...
   Deuteronomy 10:18 - 19
   He executes justice for the fatherless and the ...
   Jeremiah 7:6
   If you do not oppress the sojourner, the father...
   Zechariah 7:10
   Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the s...
   Malachi 3:5
   Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I wi...
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 24:17
   You shall not pervert the justice due to the so...
   Deuteronomy 27:19
   "'Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due...
   Psalms 94:6
   They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murd...
   Isaiah 1:17
   Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppress...
   Isaiah 1:23
   Your princes are rebels and companions of thiev...
   Isaiah 10:2
   To turn aside the needy from justice and to rob...
   Ezekiel 22:7
   Father and mother are treated with contempt in ...
   Zechariah 7:10
   Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the s...
   James 1:27
   Religion that is pure and undefiled before God,...
   
3. Cross References
   Job 34:28
   So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted -
   Luke 18:7
   And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 18:6
   In my distress I called upon the Lord ; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
   Psalms 145:19
   He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.
   James 5:4
   Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 109:9
   May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow!
   Lamentations 5:3
   We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
   
6. Cross References
   Leviticus 25:35 - 37
   If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintai...
   Deuteronomy 23:19 - 20
   You shall not charge interest on loans to your ...
   Nehemiah 5:7
   I took counsel with myself, and I brought charg...
   Psalms 15:5
   Who does not put out his money at interest and ...
   Proverbs 28:8
   Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and p...
   Ezekiel 18:8
   Does not lend at interest or take any profit, w...
   Ezekiel 18:13
   Lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he t...
   Ezekiel 18:17
   Withholds his hand from iniquity, takes no inte...
   Ezekiel 22:12
   In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take...
   
7. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 24:13
   You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun ...
   Deuteronomy 24:17
   You shall not pervert the justice due to the so...
   Proverbs 20:16
   Take a man's garment when he has put up securit...
   Ezekiel 18:7
   Does not oppress anyone, but restores to the de...
   Ezekiel 18:16
   Does not oppress anyone, exacts no pledge, comm...
   Amos 2:8
   They lay themselves down beside every altar on ...
   Proverbs 22:27
   If you have nothing with which to pay, why shou...
   
8. Cross References
   Exodus 22:23
   If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry.
   
9. Cross References
   Exodus 34:6
   The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
   2 Chronicles 30:9
   For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.
   Nehemiah 9:17
   They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.