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

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General references

Psalm 94:6

Proverbs 31:9

Ezekiel 34:7

Bible References

Do no wrong

But your eyes and heart are on nothing but your dishonest gain, shedding the blood of innocent people, and practicing oppression and extortion."

Do no violence

He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing."

"If a man is found kidnapping his relative, a fellow Israeli, and mistreats or sells him, that kidnapper must die. By doing this, you will remove this evil from among you.

""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

You sent away widows empty-handed, and broke the outstretched arms of orphans.

"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.

because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.

A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.

The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.

Don't move ancient boundaries or invade fields belonging to orphans;

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court."

They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.

"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Neither

But your eyes and heart are on nothing but your dishonest gain, shedding the blood of innocent people, and practicing oppression and extortion."

and if you don't oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, and don't shed an innocent person's blood in this place, and if you don't follow other gods to your own harm,

The officials and all the people told the priests and the prophets, "No death sentence for this man because he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God."

You must not shed innocent blood on your land that the LORD your God is about to give you as an inheritance. Otherwise, you'll be guilty of murder."

as well as for the innocent blood that he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not forgive them.

They gather together against the righteous, condemning the innocent to death.

Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood;

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity."

Egypt will be desolate, and Edom will be a desert, because of violence against the people of Judah since they shed innocent blood in their land.

General references

The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.

Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

"Therefore listen to what the LORD says, you shepherds: