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Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people.
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Blessed is he who rips the terrified child from the arms of it's mother.
Raven123
(4,844 posts)3: 1-3 Then he (Jesus) went back in the meeting place where he found a man with a crippled hand. The Pharisees had their eyes on Jesus to see if he would heal him, hoping to catch him in a Sabbath infraction. He said to the man with the crippled hand, Stand here where we can see you.
4 Then he spoke to the people: What kind of action suits the Sabbath best? Doing good or doing evil? Helping people or leaving them helpless? No one said a word.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)I35 For 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 invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.
37 Then the righteous will answer him, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?
40 The King will reply, Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)Cyrano
(15,041 posts)Doeth it to them before they doeth it to thee.
Death it to them before they deserve it to thee.
With sociopaths like Bannon running the government secretly or out in the open-no difference to the rest of us, what a hard hearted crew. To say they disobey the compassionate instructions of Old or NT scriptures is beyond the obvious.
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)Lars39
(26,109 posts)we have a secular government dammit! We shouldnt be arguing on their terms, ie biblical scriptures.
Raven123
(4,844 posts)claiming the Bible as basis for their behavior. Pointing out their cherry-picking hits them where they think they have a moral high ground.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Leviticus 19:33-34 'When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 'The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 24:14-15 "You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns. "You shall give him his wages on his day before the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his heart on it; so that he will not cry against you to the LORD and it become sin in you.
Deuteronomy 27:19 'Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Psalm 146v9 The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.
Zechariah 7:10 Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.'
Matthew 25:35-40
For 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 invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.
Then the righteous will answer him, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?
The King will reply, Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Leviticus 19:33-34
When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.