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 beware that there be not a point of Belial in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, 'The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand,' and therefore it grieve thee to look on thy poor brother and givest him nought and he then cry unto the LORD against thee and it be sin unto thee.

Give him his hire the same day, and let not the sun go down thereon. For he is needy and therewith sustaineth his life, lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin unto thee.

But if cause be that my land cry against me, or that the furrows thereof make any complaint;

"There is a great cry and complaint made by them that are oppressed with violence; yea, every man complaineth upon the cruel arm of tyrants.

And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them:

I will surely

Insomuch that they have caused the voice of the poor to come unto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in necessity.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto,

In my trouble I will call upon the LORD, and complain unto my God. So he shall hear my voice out of his holy temple, and my complaint shall come before him: it shall enter even into his ears. {TYNDALE: In my tribulation I called to the LORD, and cried to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.}

Sure I am, that the LORD will avenge the poor, and maintain the cause of the helpless.

He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and helpeth them.

who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong; who feedeth the hungry. The LORD looseth men out of prison;

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

Remove not the old landmark, and come not within the field of the fatherless.

Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields - which hire is of you kept back by fraud - crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

General references

"'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

For he that delivereth them is mighty, even he shall defend their cause against thee.