Deuteronomy 22:1
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Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
In other translations
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
Hebrew words
לֹא־lo'-notH3808תִרְאֶהtir'ehyou will seeH7200אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שׁוֹרshor[the] ox ofH7794אָחִיךָ'achikhacountryman yourH251אוֹ'oorH176אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שֵׂיוֹseyosheep hisH7716נִדָּחִיםnidachimgoing astrayH5080וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּvehit'alamtaand you will hide yourselfH5956מֵהֶםmehemfrom <the> themהָשֵׁבhashevcertainly <to return>H7725תְּשִׁיבֵםteshivemyou will return themH7725לְאָחִיךָ׃le'achikhato countryman yourH251
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Related verses
- Exodus 23:4-54 If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.4 If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him. 5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
- Proverbs 24:11If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Ezekiel 34:16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
- Deuteronomy 22:3-43 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.3 And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it. 4 If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.
- Matthew 10:6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
- Matthew 15:24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 34:4The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
- 1 Peter 2:25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- Luke 15:4-64 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, 6 comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
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