Bible Verses about “foreigners”
The Bible contains 11 verses about foreigners across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:›”
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
“Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
“[But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.”
“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;”
“And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.”
“And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.”
“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”
“Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
“Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
“Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I [am] the LORD your God.”