Exodus 22:23

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Summary

Exodus 22:23

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

They cry at all

Luke 18:7

I will surely

General references

Deuteronomy 27:19

Proverbs 23:11

Bible References

They cry at all

And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

I will surely

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

General references

Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.