13 Bible Verses About Welcoming the Stranger
Bible verses about Welcoming the Stranger
Placeholder Introduction: Explore the profound meaning of this topic through scripture. This intro sets the stage and can incorporate contextual insights.
Featured Verse
Numbers 15:14 (KJV)
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.
And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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.
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
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.
And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
Placeholder Conclusion: Reflecting on these verses about this topic provides valuable perspective. Consider how they apply to your life.