4 If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.
Deuteronomy 22:4
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Exodus 23:4–6
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Galatians 6:1–3
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Deuteronomy 15:6–8
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Exodus 21:32–34
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Exodus 22:13–15
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