Eze 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. {oppression: or, deceit}
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Cursed {be} he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood {shall be} upon him.
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.
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. {oppress: or, defraud}
{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:
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
The eye {that} mocketh at {his} father, and despiseth to obey {his} mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. {the valley: or, the brook}
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
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. {oppression: or, deceit} {wrongfully: Heb. without right}
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. {lamp: or, candle}
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. {curseth: or, revileth}
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Rob not the poor, because he {is} poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Cursed {be} he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
{There is} a generation {that} curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I {am} the LORD your God.
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. {oppression: or, deceit} {wrongfully: Heb. without right}
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies {are} the men of his own house.
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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:
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! {her...: or, gluttonous: Heb. craw}
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected {us}, and we gave {them} reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. {vex: or, oppress}
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest {ought} of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Cursed {be} he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and {that} they may rob the fatherless!
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that {are} in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
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.
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig {a pit} for your friend. {ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon}
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: {but} the wicked regardeth not to know {it}.
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and {that}, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters {are} good and right; but {there is} no man {deputed} of the king to hear thee. {there...: or, none will hear thee from the king downward}
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, {nor} of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. {heart: Heb. soul}
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Children, obey {your} parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.