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Exodus 23:9
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Exodus 23:9
9¶ Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
9¶ Also thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for yee know the †heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Heb. soule.
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DEFINED WORDS
Exodus 23:9
To burden, crush, or treat with unjust severity or hardship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Open the full verse study21¶ Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Open the full verse study14¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
15At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
17¶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
18But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
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Open the full verse study33Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
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Open the full verse study19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Open the full verse study21Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
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Open the full verse study7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
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Open the full verse study17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
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Open the full verse study6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
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