Exodus 22:22
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You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.

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

Deuteronomy 24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow's raiment for a pledge.

Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Psalm 94:6,7 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless. . . .

Isaiah 1:17,23 Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow. . . .

Isaiah 10:2 To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.

Ezekiel 22:7 They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.

Zechariah 7:10 And oppress not the widow, and the fatherless, and the stranger, and the poor: and let not a man devise evil in his heart against his brother.

James 1:27 Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep one's self unspotted from this world.

Context
Laws of Social Responsibility
21Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt. 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:…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food and raiment.

Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow's raiment for a pledge.

Deuteronomy 24:18
Remember that thou wast a slave in Egypt, and the Lord thy God delivered thee from thence. Therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Job 31:16
If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

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

Proverbs 23:11
For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.

Jeremiah 7:6
If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt,

Jeremiah 7:7
I will dwell with you in this place: in the land, which I gave to your fathers from the beginning and for evermore.

Ezekiel 22:7
They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.

Zechariah 7:10
And oppress not the widow, and the fatherless, and the stranger, and the poor: and let not a man devise evil in his heart against his brother.

Malachi 3:5
And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Lexicon
You must not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

mistreat
תְעַנּֽוּן׃ (ṯə·‘an·nūn)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted

any
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

widow
אַלְמָנָ֥ה (’al·mā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 490: A widow, a desolate place

or orphan.
וְיָת֖וֹם (wə·yā·ṯō·wm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3490: A bereaved person


Additional Translations
You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.You shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan.

Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

"You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;
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