Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Do no wrong

Bible References

Do no wrong

Jeremiah 22:17
But you have eyes and a heart for nothing
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.

Do no violence

Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 24:7
“If a man is discovered kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from you.
Deuteronomy 27:19
‘The one who denies justice to a foreigner, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Job 22:9
You sent widows away empty-handed,
and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
Job 24:9
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
Job 29:12
For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help,
and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.
Psalm 68:5
God in His holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.
Psalm 94:6
They kill the widow and the foreigner
and murder the fatherless.
Proverbs 23:10
Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,
and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels,
friends of thieves.
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.
Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the foreign resident is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.
Malachi 3:5
“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Neither

Jeremiah 22:17
But you have eyes and a heart for nothing
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.
Jeremiah 7:6
if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,
Jeremiah 26:16
Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man doesn’t deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God!”
Deuteronomy 19:10
In this way, innocent blood will not be shed, and you will not become guilty of bloodshed in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
2 Kings 24:4
and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not forgive.
Psalm 94:21
They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
Proverbs 6:17
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
Isaiah 1:15
When you lift up your hands in prayer,
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.
Joel 3:19
Egypt will become desolate,
and Edom a desert wasteland,
because of the violence done to the people of Judah
in whose land they shed innocent blood.

General references

Psalm 94:6
They kill the widow and the foreigner
and murder the fatherless.
Proverbs 31:9
Speak up, judge righteously,
and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.
Ezekiel 34:7
“Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.

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