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What Does the Bible Say About Strangers?

Here are 10 Bible verses about strangers, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Hebrews 13:2

    Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

    BSBDo not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

  2. #2Matthew 25:35

    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:

    BSBFor I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

  3. #3Leviticus 24:22

    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.

    BSBYou are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

  4. #4Jeremiah 22:3

    Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

    BSBThis is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

  5. #5Romans 12:13

    Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

    BSBShare with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

  6. #6Exodus 12:49

    One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

    BSBThe same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”

  7. #7Deuteronomy 10:19

    Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

    BSBSo you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  8. #8Leviticus 19:34

    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.

    BSBYou must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  9. #9Matthew 25:40

    And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

    BSBAnd the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

  10. #10Malachi 3:5

    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.

    BSB“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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