Deuteronomy 24:17 Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:17

17: "True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment in pledge of her debt.

Deuteronomy 16:19

  1. You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.

Exodus 23:6

  1. "Do not twist justice against people simply because they are poor.

Exodus 22:21

  1. "Do not oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  2. "Do not exploit widows or orphans.

Deuteronomy 27:19

  1. `Cursed is anyone who is unjust to foreigners, orphans, and widows.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'

Jeremiah 5:28

  1. They are well fed and well groomed, and there is no limit to their wicked deeds. They refuse justice to orphans and deny the rights of the poor.

Isaiah 1:23

  1. Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them take bribes and refuse to defend the orphans and the widows.

Job 29:11

  1. "All who heard of me praised me. All who saw me spoke well of me.
  2. For I helped the poor in their need and the orphans who had no one to help them.
  3. I helped those who had lost hope, and they blessed me. And I caused the widows' hearts to sing for joy.
  4. All I did was just and honest. Righteousness covered me like a robe, and I wore justice like a turban.
  5. I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.

Exodus 23:9

  1. "Do not oppress the foreigners living among you. You know what it is like to be a foreigner. Remember your own experience in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 1:17

  1. When you make decisions, never favor those who are rich; be fair to lowly and great alike. Don't be afraid of how they will react, for you are judging in the place of God. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.'

Exodus 23:2

  1. "Do not join a crowd that intends to do evil. When you are on the witness stand, do not be swayed in your testimony by the opinion of the majority.

Micah 7:3

  1. They go about their evil deeds with both hands. How skilled they are at using them! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with money and influence pay them off, and together they scheme to twist justice.

Deuteronomy 10:17

  1. "The LORD your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and takes no bribes.
  2. He gives justice to orphans and widows. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.

Ezekiel 22:29

  1. Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.

Proverbs 22:22

  1. Do not rob the poor because they are poor or exploit the needy in court.
  2. For the LORD is their defender. He will injure anyone who injures them.

Deuteronomy 24:13

  1. Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so your neighbor can sleep in it and bless you. And the LORD your God will count it as a righteous act.

Deuteronomy 24:6

  1. "It is wrong to take a pair of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as a pledge, for the owner uses it to make a living.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

  1. If you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and justice being miscarried throughout the land, don't be surprised! For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice only get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

Proverbs 31:5

  1. For if they drink, they may forget their duties and be unable to give justice to those who are oppressed.

Amos 5:7

  1. You wicked people! You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the poor and oppressed. Righteousness and fair play are meaningless fictions to you.
  2. It is the LORD who created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. It is he who turns darkness into morning and day into night. It is he who draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The LORD is his name!
  3. With blinding speed and power he destroys the strong, crushing all their defenses.
  4. How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!
  5. You trample the poor and steal what little they have through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, you will never live in the beautiful stone houses you are building. You will never drink wine from the lush vineyards you are planting.

Micah 2:1

  1. How terrible it will be for you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry out any of the wicked schemes you have power to accomplish.
  2. When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!

Luke 3:14

  1. "What should we do?" asked some soldiers. John replied, "Don't extort money, and don't accuse people of things you know they didn't do. And be content with your pay."

James 2:6

  1. And yet, you insult the poor man! Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

Psalms 94:20

  1. Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side--leaders who permit injustice by their laws?
  2. They attack the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Malachi 3:5

  1. At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

Isaiah 3:15

  1. How dare you grind my people into the dust like that!" demands the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

1 Samuel 12:3

  1. Now tell me as I stand before the LORD and before his anointed one--whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong."
  2. "No," they replied, "you have never cheated or oppressed us in any way, and you have never taken even a single bribe."

Psalms 94:3

  1. How long, O LORD? How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
  2. Hear their arrogance! How these evildoers boast!
  3. They oppress your people, LORD, hurting those you love.
  4. They kill widows and foreigners and murder orphans.

Job 22:8

  1. After all, you think the land belongs to the powerful and that those who are privileged have a right to it!
  2. You must have sent widows away without helping them and crushed the strength of orphans.

Zechariah 7:10

  1. Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And do not make evil plans to harm each other.

Exodus 22:26

  1. If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge of repayment, you must return it by nightfall.
  2. Your neighbor will need it to stay warm during the night. If you do not return it and your neighbor cries out to me for help, then I will hear, for I am very merciful.

Psalms 82:1

  1. God presides over heaven's court; he pronounces judgment on the judges:
  2. "How long will you judges hand down unjust decisions? How long will you shower special favors on the wicked?
  3. "Give fair judgment to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
  4. Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people.
  5. But these oppressors know nothing; they are so ignorant! And because they are in darkness, the whole world is shaken to the core.

Isaiah 33:15

  1. The ones who can live here are those who are honest and fair, who reject making a profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong.

Jeremiah 22:3

  1. This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!

Ezekiel 22:7

  1. Fathers and mothers are contemptuously ignored. Resident foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed.
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