Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

General references

Bible References

Thou shalt

Exodus 23:4
If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.
Ezekiel 34:4
Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.
Matthew 10:6
but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 15:24
But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 18:12
“What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?
Luke 15:4
What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
James 5:19
My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back,
1 Peter 2:25
For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

Hide thyself

Deuteronomy 22:3
Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your countryman, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to neglect them.
Leviticus 20:4
If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death,
Proverbs 24:11
Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.
Proverbs 28:27
He who gives to the poor will never want,
But he who shuts his eyes will have many curses.
Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait for the Lord who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will even look eagerly for Him.
Isaiah 58:7
“Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry
And bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the naked, to cover him;
And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Luke 10:31
And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

General references

Exodus 23:4
If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.