Scriptures about strangers, foreigners, and refugees, and how to treat them.
13 Scriptures · Father’s Blessing Bible
Leviticus 19:33–34
33 When a foreigner resides in your land, do not oppress him: 34 the foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
Exodus 22:21
Do not oppress or mistreat a foreigner, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:18–19
18 He administers justice for the orphan and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. 19 You too must love the foreigner, because you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Hebrews 13:2
Do not forget to show hospitality, for by doing so some have welcomed angels without knowing it.
Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you welcomed Me;
Hebrews 11:13–16
13 All these people died in faith without receiving the fulfillment of the promises, but they saw them only from a distance, welcomed them, and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth; 14 for those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of the homeland they had left, they would have had an opportunity to return; 16 but they were longing for a better homeland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
Genesis 12:1
And the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your kindred, and your father’s household [and go] to the land that I will show you.”
Ruth 1:16
But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from following you. Wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.”
Exodus 23:9
Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
Matthew 2:13–15
13 When they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the Child and His mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod will seek the Child to kill Him.” 14 So he got up at night, took the Child and His mother, and went with them to Egypt, 15 where he stayed until Herod’s death, to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
Psalm 39:12
Hear, O Lord, my prayer, and listen to my cry; do not be silent at my tears, for I am a stranger with You and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Ephesians 2:19
Therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
