27 Bible Verses about Foreigners

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Matthew 27:7

So, after consultation, they bought with them the 'Potter's Field' for a burial-ground for foreigners;

Acts 17:21

(All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)

1 Corinthians 14:21

It is said in the Law-'In strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.'

Hebrews 11:9

It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the Promised Land--as in a strange country--living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

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Attitudes Towards Foreigners

1 Thessalonians 4:12

So that your conduct may win respect from those outside the Church, and that you may not want for anything.

Avoiding Foreigners

Matthew 10:5

These twelve Jesus sent out as his Messengers, after giving them these instructions-- "Do not go to the Gentiles, nor enter any Samaritan town,

Foreigners In The Holy Places

Luke 21:24

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be taken prisoners to every land, and 'Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles,' until their day is over--as it shall be.

Oppressing Foreigners

Matthew 25:43

When I was a stranger, you did not take me to your homes; when I was naked, you did not clothe me; and, when I was ill and in prison, you did not visit me.'

Reckoned As Foreigners

Hebrews 11:9

It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the Promised Land--as in a strange country--living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

Relations With Foreigners

Luke 4:26

And yet it was not to one of them that Elijah was sent, but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidonia.

Suffering From Foreigners

Acts 21:11

He came to see us, and, taking Paul's girdle, and binding his own feet and hands with it, said: "This is what the Holy Spirit says--'The man to whom this girdle belongs will be bound like this at Jerusalem by the Jews, and they will give him up to the Gentiles'."

What Foreigners Do

Matthew 5:47

And, if you show courtesy to your brothers only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do this!

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