Exodus 22:23
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If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:

they cry at all

Deuteronomy 15:9 Beware 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.

Deuteronomy 24:15 But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day, before the going down of the sun, because he is poor, and with it maintaineth his life: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be reputed to thee for a sin.

Job 31:38,39 If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn: . . .

Job 35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

Luke 18:7 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard?

I will surely

Job 34:28 So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

Psalm 10:17,18 The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart. . . .

Psalm 18:6 In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.

Psalm 140:12 I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.

Psalm 145:19 He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.

Psalm 146:7-9 Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered: . . .

Proverbs 22:22,23 Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: . . .

Proverbs 23:10,11 Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless: . . .

James 5:4 Behold 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.

Context
Laws of Social Responsibility
22You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan. 23If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:24And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.…
Cross References
Luke 18:7
And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard?

James 5:4
Behold 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.

Exodus 22:27
For that same is the only thing, wherewith he is covered, the clothing of his body, neither hath he any other to sleep in: if he cry to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate.

Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food and raiment.

Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware 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.

Deuteronomy 24:15
But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day, before the going down of the sun, because he is poor, and with it maintaineth his life: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be reputed to thee for a sin.

Job 34:28
So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

Psalm 10:14
Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

Psalm 10:17
The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.

Psalm 18:6
In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.

Psalm 68:5
Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place:

Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you do mistreat
עַנֵּ֥ה (‘an·nêh)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted

them,
תְעַנֶּ֖ה (ṯə·‘an·neh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted

[and] they cry out
צָעֹ֤ק (ṣā·‘ōq)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

to Me
אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

in distress,
יִצְעַק֙ (yiṣ·‘aq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

I will surely hear
שָׁמֹ֥עַ (šā·mō·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

their cry.
צַעֲקָתֽוֹ׃ (ṣa·‘ă·qā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6818: A cry, outcry


Additional Translations
If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.If you afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

And if ye should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice.

If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

If thou shalt afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry:

If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;
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