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Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

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ASV

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

KJV

In 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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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָ֤ב'avfatherH1 →
וָאֵם֙va.'Emand motherH517 →
הֵקַ֣לּוּhe.Ka.luthey have treated with contemptH7043 →
בָ֔ךְVakhin you
לַגֵּ֛רla.Gerto the sojournerH1616 →
עָשׂ֥וּ'a.Suthey have actedH6213 →
בַעֹ֖שֶׁקva.'O.shekwith <the> oppressionH6233 →
בְּתוֹכֵ֑ךְbe.to.Khekhin [the] midst of youH8432 →
יָת֥וֹםya.Tomfatherless oneH3490 →
וְאַלְמָנָ֖הve.'al.ma.Nahand widowH490 →
ה֥וֹנוּHo.nuthey have maltreatedH3238 →
בָֽךְ׃Vakhin you

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Ephesians 6:2“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),Micah 7:6For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Exodus 22:21–22You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.Leviticus 20:9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!Deuteronomy 24:14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.Job 22:9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.Matthew 15:4–6For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

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