Deuteronomy 24:17
Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 24
“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:”Deuteronomy 24:17
What Does Deuteronomy 24:17 Mean?
Deuteronomy 24:17 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 24, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Care for the Poor, and Hospitality.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 24:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 22:22“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”Deuteronomy 27:19“Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.”Deuteronomy 16:19“Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.”Psalms 82:3“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”Exodus 22:21“Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”Exodus 23:6“Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.”Deuteronomy 24:12“And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:”Malachi 3:5“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.”Exodus 23:2“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:”Exodus 23:9“Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”Deuteronomy 1:17“Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.”Job 29:11“When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:”Isaiah 1:23“Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”Jeremiah 5:28“They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.”Jeremiah 7:6“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:”Micah 7:3“That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.”Exodus 22:26“If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:”Deuteronomy 10:17“For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:”Deuteronomy 24:6“No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.”Deuteronomy 24:13“In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.”
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