The Law and the Prophets, and the Heart of the Father

[Mr. M]

Deuteronomy 

10:

16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty,

and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow,

and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

14:

28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine

increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,)

and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates,

shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee

in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

16:

13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days,

after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter,

and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger,

and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

24:

19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field,

and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it:

it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow:

that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again:

it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward:

it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

26:

12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year,

which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless,

and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;

13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things

out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger,

to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast

commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

27:19 Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow.

And all the people shall say, Amen.

Jeremiah

7:

4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord,

The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.

5 For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings;

if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow,

and shed not innocent blood in this place,

neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place,

in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

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.

4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates

of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots

and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord,

that this house shall become a desolation.

Ezekiel 22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother:

in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger:

in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Zechariah 7:

8 And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying,

9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment,

and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger,

nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil

against his brother in your heart.

11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder,

and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone,

lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts

hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets:

therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.

13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear;

so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:

Malachi 3:

1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me:

and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple,

even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,

he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth?

for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi,

and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord,

as in the days of old, and as in former years.

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.

6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Edited July 3, 2023 by Mr. M
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