Deuteronomy 22:1

WEB

¹You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them. You shall surely bring them again to your brother.

KJV

¹Thou shalt not see^[+] thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

BSB

¹If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it;^[+] be sure to return it to your brother.

FBV

¹If you see someone's cow or sheep wandering around, don't just ignore it. Make sure you take it back to its owner.

Extra References

Exodus 23:4-5

⁴“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. ⁵If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him. You shall surely help him with it.

Ezekiel 34:16

¹⁶“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.”’

Deuteronomy 22:3-4

³So you shall do with his donkey. So you shall do with his garment. So you shall do with every lost thing of your brother’s, which he has lost and you have found. You may not hide yourself. ⁴You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them. You shall surely help him to lift them up again.

Proverbs 24:11

¹¹Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

Isaiah 58:7

⁷Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Luke 10:31-32

³¹By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³²In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

James 5:19-20

¹⁹Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, ²⁰let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Matthew 18:12-13

¹²“^[+] What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray? ¹³If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

Matthew 15:24

²⁴But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matthew 10:6

⁶Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.