Jeremiah 22:3

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

Jeremiah 22:17

Do no violence

Neither

General references

Psalm 94:6

Proverbs 31:9

Ezekiel 34:7

Bible References

Do no wrong

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."

Do no violence

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

"If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

"'Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)

because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;

Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.

"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Neither

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."

if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,

Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, "This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God."

lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.

and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.

They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

"Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

General references

They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;

Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

"Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: