Exodus 23:4
Good News Translation
"If you happen to see your enemy's cow or donkey running loose, take it back to him.

New Revised Standard Version
When you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray, you shall bring it back.

Contemporary English Version
If you find an ox or a donkey that has wandered off, take it back where it belongs, even if the owner is your enemy.

New American Bible
When you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray, you must see to it that it is returned.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him.

Deuteronomy 22:1-4 Thou shalt not pass by if thou seest thy brother's ox, or his sheep go astray: but thou shalt bring them back to thy brother. . . .

Job 31:29,30 If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him. . . .

Proverbs 24:17,18 When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice: . . .

Proverbs 25:21 If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink:

Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:

Luke 6:27,28 But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies. Do good to them that hate you. . . .

Romans 12:17-21 To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God but also in the sight of all men. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that none render evil for evil to any man: but ever follow that which is good towards each other and towards all men.

Context
Justice and Mercy
3Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in judgment. 4If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him.5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lie underneath his burden, thou shalt not pass by, but shalt lift him up with him.…
Cross References
Leviticus 6:3
Or shall find a thing lost, and denying it, shall also swear falsely, or shall do any other of the many things, wherein men are wont to sin:

Deuteronomy 22:1
Thou shalt not pass by if thou seest thy brother's ox, or his sheep go astray: but thou shalt bring them back to thy brother.

Proverbs 25:21
If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink:

Exodus 23:3
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