100 Bible Verses About Strangers

Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.

Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.

If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.