THEOSISWlastow G.K.
Deuteronomy 10:18 and 14:29 emphasize that outsiders, widows, and orphans are uniquely cared for by God.
Exodus 22:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:
וְחָרָ֣ה אַפִּ֔י וְהָרַגְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם בֶּחָ֑רֶב וְהָי֤וּ נְשֵׁיכֶם֙ אַלְמָנ֔וֹת וּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם יְתֹמִֽים׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Luke 18:7And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard?
- Ps 10 (9):17
- Ps 10 (9):18
- Ps 18 (17):6
- Job 34:28So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.
- Deut 15:9Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee.
- Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
- Jas 5:4Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.