Exodus 22:21
Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 22
“Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”Exodus 22:21
What Does Exodus 22:21 Mean?
Exodus 22:21 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 22, verse 21 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 Hospitality.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Exodus 22:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 10:19“Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”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 23:7“Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.”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:”Leviticus 19:33“And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.”Deuteronomy 23:16“He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.”Exodus 2:22“And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.”Deuteronomy 27:19“Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.”Psalms 146:9“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”Ezekiel 22:7“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.”Deuteronomy 24:17“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:”Ezekiel 22:29“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.”Zechariah 7:10“And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.”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 20:2“I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.”Leviticus 19:13“Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.”Leviticus 25:35“And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.”Deuteronomy 1:16“And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.”Deuteronomy 14:29“And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.”Ezekiel 18:7“And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;”
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