The word in Scripture

Stranger in the Bible

The word stranger appears 131 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A stranger is the outsider whom God commands us to welcome. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What stranger means in the Bible

A stranger is the outsider whom God commands us to welcome.

Where the word stranger appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word stranger appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.”Genesis 17:27

“Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”Exodus 23:9

“I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.”Psalms 69:8

“I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.”Psalms 119:19

“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”Proverbs 5:20

“When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?”Matthew 25:38

“There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.”Luke 17:18

“And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.”John 10:5