The Bible treats refugees as vulnerable people who are to be protected and cared for. Throughout Scripture, God expresses His concern for the foreigner and the oppressed. Deuteronomy 10:18-19 says, “He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
Refugees often represent those fleeing hardship, war, or persecution, something many biblical figures experienced. Abraham left his homeland by God’s command (Genesis 12:1). Jacob fled from Esau. Moses fled from Pharaoh. David fled from Saul. The most profound example is Jesus Himself, who was taken as a child to Egypt to escape Herod’s wrath (Matthew 2:13-15).
God’s people are called to care for those in distress. Isaiah 58:6-7 commands, “Is this not the fast that I have chosen… to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out?”
While nations have the right to establish laws and maintain order, the individual believer is called to respond with compassion, mercy, and love toward those who are displaced or in need. Hebrews 13:2 exhorts, “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.”
