What Does the Bible Say About The Stranger?

Leviticus 19:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Romans 13:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Zechariah 7:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”

Malachi 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

James 5:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 12:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

Luke 16:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Luke 10:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

Luke 6:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Jeremiah 22:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Proverbs 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Proverbs 3:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

Deuteronomy 24:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Deuteronomy 10:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?

Leviticus 19:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

Genesis 28:20-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.”

3 John 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are,

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

James 1:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

1 Timothy 6:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Galatians 3:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 5:43-44 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Proverbs 28:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

34 Bible Verses about The Stranger

Leviticus 19:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 13:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Zechariah 7:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Malachi 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 5:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 22:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 24:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 10:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 28:20-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

3 John 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 1:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 6:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 3:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:43-44 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 28:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about The Stranger

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Leviticus 19:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 13:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Zechariah 7:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Malachi 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 5:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 22:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 24:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 10:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 28:20-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

3 John 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 1:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 6:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 3:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:43-44 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 28:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote