Exo 23:4-5, 2Ki 6:22, 2Ch 28:9-15, Psa 7:4, 35:13-14, Pro 25:21-22 | ESV | STEP | If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray , you shall bring it back to him.

f[See ver. 8 above]

g ver. 12; [ch. 31:19; Num. 1:17]

h 2 Kgs. 6:22; Prov. 25:21, 22; Rom. 12:20

i Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16

j Ps. 55:20

l 1 Sam. 24:7; 26:9

m[Job 30:25]

n Ps. 69:11; [1 Kgs. 20:31]

o Ps. 69:10; Num. 29:7

p[Matt. 10:13]; Luke 10:6

rSee Ps. 38:6

sCited Rom. 12:20; [2 Kgs. 6:22; 2 Chr. 28:15]; See Ex. 23:4, 5

t Ps. 140:10

Exodus 23:4-5

4 ^a“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him. 5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

2 Kings 6:22

22 He answered, “You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive ^bwith your sword and with your bow? ^cSet bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”

2 Chronicles 28:9-15

9 But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, ^dwas angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand, but you have killed them in a rage ^ethat has reached up to heaven. 10 And now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem, male and female, as your slaves. Have you not sins of your own against the Lord your God? 11 Now hear me, and send back the captives ^ffrom your relatives whom you have taken, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.”

12 Certain chiefs also of the men of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who were coming from the war 13 and said to them, “You shall not bring the captives in here, for you propose to bring upon us guilt against the Lord in addition to our present sins and guilt. For our guilt is already great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.” 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly. 15 And ^gthe men who have been mentioned by name rose and took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them. They clothed them, gave them sandals, ^hprovided them with food and drink, and anointed them, and carrying all the feeble among them on donkeys, they brought them to their kinsfolk at Jericho, ⁱthe city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.

Psalms 7:4

4 if I have repaid ^jmy friend ^{▼▼Hebrew the one at peace with me} with evil
or ^lplundered my enemy without cause,

Psalms 35:13-14

13 But I, ^mwhen they were sick—
I ⁿwore sackcloth;
I ^oafflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^pwith head bowed ^{▼▼Or my prayer shall turn back} on my chest.
14 I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
I ^rbowed down in mourning.

Proverbs 25:21-22

21 ^sIf your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
22 for you will heap ^tburning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.