1. Leviticus 19:9–10
When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a…
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The Bible consistently reveals God’s heart for immigrants, refugees, and strangers. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible calls believers to welcome the foreigner, pursue justice, and reflect God’s love through compassion and hospitality. Explore 41 key passages that demonstrate this enduring biblical message and discover how God’s Word continues to guide us today.
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41 Verses ReflectingGod’s heart towards Immigrants
2. Luke 10:25–37
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he…
3. Deuteronomy 10:18–19
He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who…
4. Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.
5. Psalm 146:9
The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
6. Exodus 12:49
The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.
7. Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.
8. Leviticus 19:33–34
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as…
9. Numbers 15:15–16
The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the…
10. Deuteronomy 1:16
And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an…
11. Deuteronomy 24:14
Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
12. Deuteronomy 24:17–18
Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your…
13. Deuteronomy 27:19
'Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
14. Jeremiah 7:5–7
If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not…
15. Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the…
16. Malachi 3:5
'So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages,…
17. Matthew 2:13–14
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. 'Get up,' he said, 'take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until…
18. 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... The King will…
19. Genesis 1:27–28
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them...
20. Acts 17:26–27
From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their…
21. Revelation 7:9–10
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the…
22. John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and…
23. Exodus 22:21
“Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.”
24. Exodus 23:9
“Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.”
25. Exodus 23:12
“Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the…
26. Leviticus 23:22
“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for…
27. Leviticus 24:22
“You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the Lord your God.”
28. Deuteronomy 24:19
“When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that…
29. Deuteronomy 26:12
“When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the…
30. Psalm 94:6–7
“They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless. They say, ‘The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice.’”
31. Ezekiel 22:6–7
“See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood. In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have…
32. Ezekiel 22:29
“The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.”
33. Mark 2:27
“Then he said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.’”
34. Acts 16:37
“But Paul said to the officers: ‘They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to…
35. Romans 12:13
“Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.”
36. Romans 13:1–2
“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been…
37. Ephesians 2:14–18
“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the…
38. Philippians 3:20
“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
39. Hebrews 13:2
“Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.”
40. 1 Peter 2:11–12
“Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans…
41. 1 Peter 2:13–14
“Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to…
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