Exodus 22:21-27
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Summary
- A warning against taking advantage of others.
Details and/or Comments
- Don't take advantage of a foreigner.
- You (Israel) were once foreigners in Egypt.
- Don't take advantage of widows and orphans (those who can't take care of themselves).
- If you do, God will be against you, will kill you and turn your family into widows and orphans.
- Don't take advantage of the poor, by lending to them with interest.
- If you do, God will know about it... and he is the opposite of you who do such things. (Judgment implied.)
Scripture
Exodus 22:21-27 – Not taking advantage of others
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Exo 22:21 "You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. | Not the foreigner. |
| Exo 22:22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
Exo 22:23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; Exo 22:24 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. |
Not the helpless, such as widows and orphans. |
| Exo 22:25 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
Exo 22:26 If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, Exo 22:27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious. |
Not the poor who borrow your money.
Those who charge interest from the poor are stealing from those who can least afford it! |
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