Bible Verses about “treating foreigners”
The Bible contains 11 verses about treating 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.”
“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.”
“He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.”
“Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
“Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.”
“Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”