Bible Verses about “immigrants”

“Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”

“[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

“And Jesus answered and said unto her, ‹Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:›”

“‹But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.›”

“And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.”

“But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.”

“¶ Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.”

“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”

“‹And went to› [him], ‹and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.›”

“‹But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion› [on him],”

“‹And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave› [them] ‹to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.›”

“‹Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?›”

“So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.”

“And Jesus answering said, ‹A certain› [man] ‹went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded› [him], ‹and departed, leaving› [him] ‹half dead.›”

“‹And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.›”

“‹And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked› [on him], ‹and passed by on the other side.›”

“And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, ‹Go, and do thou likewise.›”

“Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation.”

“Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

“When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:”

“[But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.”

“Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; [and] them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.”

“But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?”

“Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:”

“And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.”

“Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.”

“For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.”

“Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.”

“We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.”

“For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.”

“Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.”

“And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.”

“Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.”

“And it shall come to pass, [that] ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.”

“One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.”

“And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.”