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Exodus 23:4-5
“ Suppose you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering away. Then be sure to return it.Suppose you see that the donkey of someone who hates you has fallen down under its load. Then do not leave it there. Be sure you help them with it.
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Deuteronomy 22:3-4
Do the same thing if you find their donkey, coat or anything they have lost. Don’t act as if you didn’t see it.Suppose you see your neighbor’s donkey or ox that has fallen down on the road. Then don’t act as if you didn’t see it. Help the owner get it up on its feet again.
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James 5:19-20
My brothers and sisters, suppose one of you wanders away from the truth. And suppose someone brings that person back.Then here is what I want you to remember. Anyone who keeps a sinner from going astray will save them from death. God will erase many sins by forgiving them.
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Proverbs 24:11
Save those who are being led away to death. Hold back those who are about to be killed.
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Proverbs 28:27
Those who give to poor people will have all they need. But those who close their eyes to the poor will receive many curses.
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Luke 10:31-32
A priest happened to be going down that same road. When he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.A Levite also came by. When he saw the man, he passed by on the other side too.
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Luke 15:4-6
He said,“ Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. Won’t he leave the 99 in the open country? Won’t he go and look for the one lost sheep until he finds it?When he finds it, he will joyfully put it on his shouldersand go home. Then he will call his friends and neighbors together. He will say,‘ Be joyful with me. I have found my lost sheep.’
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Ezekiel 34:16
“ I will search for the lost. I will bring back those who have wandered away. I will bandage the ones who are hurt. I will make the weak ones stronger. But I will destroy those who are fat and strong. I will take good care of my sheep. I will treat them fairly.”
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Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the Lord. He is turning his face away from Jacob’s people. I will put my trust in him.
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Isaiah 58:7
Share your food with hungry people. Provide homeless people with a place to stay. Give naked people clothes to wear. Provide for the needs of your own family.
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Matthew 15:24
Jesus answered,“ I was sent only to the people of Israel. They are like lost sheep.”
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Ezekiel 34:4
You have not made the weak ones in the flock stronger. You have not healed the sick. You have not bandaged those who are hurt. You have not brought back those who have wandered away. You have not searched for the lost. When you ruled over them, you were mean to them. You treated them badly.
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Matthew 10:6
Instead, go to the people of Israel. They are like sheep that have become lost.
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Leviticus 20:4
Suppose the members of the community act like they don’t know that the man has sacrificed his child to Molek. And suppose they don’t put him to death.
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1 Peter 2 25
“ You were like sheep wandering away.”( Isaiah 53:6) But now you have returned to the Shepherd. He is the one who watches over your souls.
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Matthew 18:12-13
“ What do you think? Suppose a man owns 100 sheep and one of them wanders away. Won’t he leave the 99 sheep on the hills? Won’t he go and look for the one that wandered off?What I’m about to tell you is true. If he finds that sheep, he is happier about the one than about the 99 that didn’t wander off.